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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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Cohort
In a clinical study, a well-defined group of subjects or patients who have had a common experience or exposure and are then followed up for the incidence of new diseases or events, as in a cohort study. In Rome, a 'cohors' was one of ten…
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Show more- Mandible The mandible is the bone of the lower jaw. The joint where the mandible meets the upper jaw at the temporal…
- Ablate To remove. A tumor may be ablated. To ablate the thyroid gland is to remove it. The word 'ablation' came from…
- Immunocompetence The ability to produce a normal immune response
- Dysentery Inflammation of the intestine, often with pain, diarrhea, bloody stools, etc. It is usually caused by…
- Syndrome, incontinentia pigmenti A genetic disease that begins soon after birth with the development of blisters on the trunk and limbs. These…
- Test, RPR Rapid plasma reagin, a blood test for syphilis that looks for an antibody that is present in the bloodstream…
- Spasmodic dysphonia A voice disorder caused by involuntary movements of one or more muscles of the larynx or voice box. People…
- Disease, Paget See: Paget disease
- Radioallergosorbent test An allergy test done on a sample of blood. The test is used to check for allergic sensitivity to specific…
- Carbuncles A skin abscess, a collection of pus that forms inside the body. Antibiotics are often not very helpful in…
- NF2 (neurofibromatosis type 2) Neurofibromatosis type 2
- Cancer of the vulva An uncommon cancer of women in which the malignancy is in the vulva, the outer part of the vagina, that…