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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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Orphan disease
A disease which has not been 'adopted' by the pharmaceutical industry because it provides little financial incentive for the private sector to make and market new medications to treat or prevent it. An orphan disease may be: > >A rare…
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- IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) Irritable bowel syndrome): A common gastrointestinal disorder involving an abnormal condition of gut…
- Sweet wormwood A Chinese herb (also called qinghaosu) from which is extracted the antimalarial agent artemisinin
- Dilation The process of enlargement, stretching, or expansion. The word 'dilatation' means the same thing. Both come…
- PMD Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease
- Surgeon A physician who treats disease, injury, or deformity by operative or manual methods. A medical doctor…
- Public health >The assessment and monitoring of the health of communities and populations at risk to identify health…
- Multiple daily injections Abbreviated MDI. Several shots every day as of insulin to provide tight control of blood sugar
- Metabolism, inborn error of A heritable disorder of the biochemistry of the4 body. Examples of inborn errors of metabolism include…
- Traction, orthopedic The use of a system of weights and pulleys to gradually change the position of a bone. It may be used in…
- June cold A popular term for hay fever. Although the symptoms of a 'June cold' may be quite similar to those of a real…
- YAC YAC stands for yeast artificial chromosome, a vector (carrier) created and used in the laboratory to clone…