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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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DIDMOAD
An acronym that stands for Diabetes Insipidus (inability to concentrate the urine), Diabetes Mellitus, Optic Atrophy (degeneration of the nerve to the eye), and Deafness. These features are characteristic of this genetic disease which is…
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Show more- Stem cell, sperm See: Sperm stem cell
- Allergic purpura See: Schonlein-Henoch purpura
- Ginger Ginger: A perennial tropical herb that has been used as a treatment for nausea and bowel spasms. Ginger may…
- Vitiligo Vitiligo: Pronounced vit-uh-LIE- go. A condition in which the skin turns white due to the loss of…
- Biofilm An aggregate of microbes with a distinct architecture. A biofilm is like a tiny city in which microbial…
- Esophagectomy An operation to remove a portion of the esophagus
- Pheromone An agent secreted by an individual that produces a change in the sexual or social behavior of another…
- Hammer The malleus
- Biological safety level 2 Level 2 biosafety
- Curettement Curettage
- Angiohemophilia See: Von Willebrand disease
- Syndrome, congenital rubella The constellation of abnormalities caused by infection with the rubella (German measles) virus before birth…