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Medical vocabulary with 16,436 clear, complete and reliable definitions.
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The most complete online medical dictionary: 16,436 terms covering anatomy, physiology, pathologies, diagnostic exams, pharmacology and every clinical specialty.
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Iatrics
Due to the action of a physician or a therapy the doctor prescibed. An iatrogenic disease may be inadvertently caused by a physician or surgeon or by a medical or surgical treatment or a diagnostic procedure. Puerperal fever (childbirth…
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Show more- Reaction, chemical A process in which one substance is transformed into another. Thousands of different types of chemical…
- Scarlatina Also called scarlet fever, a disease caused by infection with group A streptococcal bacteria that occurs in a…
- Avian flu See: Avian influenza
- Anorexia, cancer See: Cancer anorexia
- Tattoos & permanent makeup The intradermal application of inks for the purpose of tattooing or permanent makeup (also known as…
- Hemophilia A group of inherited bleeding disorders in which the ability of blood to clot is impaired. See: Hemophilia A…
- Arachnophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of spiders. Sufferers from arachnophobia experience undue anxiety even though…
- Post-polio muscular atrophy (PPMA) Belated muscle wasting that occurs as part of the post-polio syndrome (PPS), a constellation of symptoms and…
- Parkinson's disease Parkinson's disease: See: Parkinson disease.
- Gyrus occipitotemporalis medialis See: Lingual gyrus
- Calipers A metal or plastic tool similar to a compass used to measure the diameter of an object. The skin fold…
- Eosinophilic meningitis Meningitis with a high percentage of eosinophils (a type of white blood cell) in the cerebrospinal fluid…