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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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Race
An ethnic stock or division of humans. Naturalists and ethnographers have long divided humans into a variable number of distinct races. However, DNA and other genetic studies have revealed that that most genetic variation, about 94%, is…
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Show more- Neurosyphilis, tabes Also known as tabes dorsalis, the slowly progressive degeneration of the spinal cord that occurs in the late…
- Acne vulgaris The common form of acne seen most often in teenagers or young adults, acne vulgaris is the result of…
- Round To go around and see a patient in a hospital or other in-patient setting
- Lyophilization A process by which material is rapidly frozen and dehydrated under high vacuum
- Rectouterine pouch >Culdoscopy, the introduction of an endoscope through the vagina into the cul-de-sac; >Culdoscope, the…
- Inherited immunodeficiency disease See: Primary immunodeficiency disease
- Toxic shock syndrome A grave condition occurring predominantly in menstruating women using tampons, toxic shock is characterized…
- EST (expressed sequence tag) A unique stretch of DNA within a coding region of a gene that is useful for identifying full-length genes and…
- Necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum A dull red raised area on the skin that evolves into a shiny scar with a violet border, most often on the…
- Nystagmus Rapid rhythmic repetitious involuntary (unwilled) eye movements. Nystagmus can be horizontal, vertical or…
- Acute bacterial prostatitis Prostatitis: Inflammation of the prostate gland of sudden (acute) onset due to bacterial infection. The…
- Pythagoras (Born c. 580 B.C.E.) Greek philosopher and mathematician who promoted health through a special vegetarian diet