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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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Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Subcortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy. An inherited form of vascular dementia that strikes relatively young adults of both sexes and is characterized by multiple strokes, dementia…
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Show more- Sweat gland tumor A benign (harmless) skin tumor called a syringoma that derives from cells related to sweat glands. (These…
- Under the weather Colloquial expression for sick or ill as, for example, to be under the weather with the flu. The phrase…
- Neurogenic shock A type of shock (a life-threatening medical condition in which there is insufficient blood flow throughout…
- Pancreatic delta cell A type of cell in the pancreas (the organ of the digestive system located behind the stomach). Within the…
- Stomach cancer Stomach cancer: Cancer of the stomach, the main organ that holds food for digestion. Worldwide, stomach…
- Pimple A small papule or pustule. Pimples are sebaceous glands (oil glands) that are infected with bacteria, become…
- Unconscious 1. Interruption of awareness of oneself and one's surroundings, lack of the ability to notice or respond to…
- Infarct An area of tissue death due to a local lack of oxygen. For example, in a myocardial infarction there is death…
- Carcinoma, basal cell Carcinoma, basal cell: The most common type of skin cancer, a disease in which the cancer cells resemble the…
- Disease, Menetrier's See: Giant hypertrophic gastritis
- Glaucoma Glaucoma: A common eye condition in which the fluid pressure inside the eyes rises because of slowed fluid…
- Venule A little vein. Venules go from capillaries to veins, vessels that carry blood low in oxygen content from the…