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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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Perfect pitch
The inherent human ability to identify a note or sing it without hearing a reference note beforehand. Since most native speakers of languages that use tones to convey meaning have perfect pitch for language, it is now believed that babies…
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- Lung cancer, non-small cell Lung cancer, non-small cell: Cancer of the lung which is not of the small cell carcinoma (oat cell carcinoma)…
- Tick-borne disease >Babesiosis (a malaria-like infection) >Colorado tick fever (generally in the western US) >Ehrlichiosis >Lyme…
- Fibrosarcoma A malignant tumor that begins in fibrous connective tissue at the ends of the arm or leg bones and may spread…
- Kashin-Bek disease See: Kashin-Beck disease
- Frame, open reading See: Open reading frame
- Peripheral neuropathy Peripheral neuropathy: A problem with the functioning of the nerves outside the spinal cord. Symptoms may…
- Eczema, contact A localized reaction that includes redness, itching, and burning where the skin has come into contact with an…
- Vernix More formally known as vernix caseosa, the vernix is a white cheesy substance that covers and protects the…
- Alkyl group In chemistry, a group of atoms derived from an alkane (a hydrocarbon with no carbon-to-carbon multiple bonds)…
- Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis: Abbreviated as DISH. Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis is a…
- Cup, optic The white, cup-like area in the center of the optic disc. The optic disk is the circular area at the back of…