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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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Internist
A physician who specializes in the diagnosis and medical treatment of adults. This specialty, called internal medicine, is dedicated to adult medicine. A minimum of seven years of medical school and postgraduate training are focused on…
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- Pharynx The hollow tube about 5 inches long that starts behind the nose and ends at the top of the trachea (windpipe)…
- Hemodialysis Hemodialysis: A medical procedure that uses a special machine (a dialysis machine) to filter waste products…
- Wymin An alternate spelling of wimmin
- Marrow The bone marrow
- Bacteriophage See: Phage
- Asparagine An amino acid, one of the 20 building blocks of protein. Asparagine is nonessential to the diet since the…
- Cystectomy Surgery to remove the bladder. Cystic fibrosis: A common genetic disease inherited as a recessive condition…
- Holt-Oram syndrome A genetic syndrome characterized by the combination of heart disease and malformations of the upper limb. The…
- Suction-assisted lipectomy Another name for liposuction, the surgical removal of fat deposits from specific parts of the body, the most…
- Yellow fever vaccination A live attenuated (weakened) viral vaccine that is recommended for people traveling to or living in tropical…
- Pancreatic delta cell A type of cell in the pancreas (the organ of the digestive system located behind the stomach). Within the…