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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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- Salutary Healthful. Promoting health or well-being; wholesome. From the French salutaire, from the Latin salutaris…
- Newborn hearing screen Testing of the newborn baby's ability to hear. Newborn screening of hearing is done with automated auditory…
- Ball-and-socket joint A ball-and-socket joint is one in which the round end of a bone fits into the cavity of another bone. The hip…
- Pill, the Commonly called 'the pill,' combined oral contraceptives are the most commonly used form of reversible birth…
- Assisted living A type of long-term care facility for elderly or disabled people who are able to get around on their own but…
- Spermatogonial stem cell See: Sperm stem cell
- Equol A substance produced in the intestine as a metabolite of soybeans and soy foods. Equol is a non-steroidal…
- VBAC Vaginal Birth After Cesarian section. Although the abbreviation VBAC (pronounced VEE-back) does not appear in…
- Apraxia of speech A severe speech disorder characterized by inability to speak, or a severe struggle to speak clearly. Apraxia…
- GSTO1 Glutathione S-transferase omega-1
- Helper cell A type of T cell that participates in the immune response by recognizing foreign antigens and secreting…