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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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Short-term memory
A system for temporarily storing and managing information required to carry out complex cognitive tasks such as learning, reasoning, and comprehension. Short-term memory is involved in the selection, initiation, and termination of…
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- Ovary, dermoid cyst of the A bizarre tumor, usually benign, in the ovary that typically contains a diversity of tissues including hair…
- Salter-Harris fracture A traumatic fracture around or through the growth plate (the epiphyseal plate) of a bone in a child
- Blot, Southern A test commonly used in molecular biology and genetics, the purpose of the test being to check for a match…
- Bacteriocidal The science and study of bacteria and their relation to medicine and to other areas such as agriculture…
- Dyspeptic Pertaining to dyspepsia, a term that is probably more often encountered today in advertising than in…
- Anastomosis The connection of normally separate parts or spaces so they intercommunicate. An anastomosis may be naturally…
- Asystole A dire form of cardiac arrest in which the heart stops beating -- there is no systole -- and there is no…
- Xanthoma, disseminatum A type of xanthoma characterized by orange-to-brown nodules on the skin or mucus membranes
- Perry syndrome A familial form of Parkinson disease together with depression, weight loss and central hypoventilation in…
- Guthrie test A simple screening blood test for phenylketonuria (PKU). The Guthrie test was the original impetus to newborn…