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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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Medical etymology
The origin of medical words and terms. Etymology is an account of the origins and the developments in the meaning of a word or term. Medical etymology brings us into contact with the 'history of medicine, of human ideas, and of the human…
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Show more- Postop Short for postoperative, after surgery. The opposite of postop is preop
- THG Tetrahydrogestrinone. A 'designer steroid.' THG first surfaced in October 2003 with reports of its illicit…
- Syndrome, Prader-Willi See: Prader-Willi syndrome
- Placental BMP See: MIC-1
- Nephronophthisis 1 (NPH1) A childhood kidney disease in which there is progressive symmetrical destruction of the kidneys involving…
- St. Vitus dance Another name for Sydenham chorea. St. Vitus is the patron saint of epileptics, dancers, and actors
- Virulent Extremely noxious, damaging, deleterious, disease-causing (pathogenic). Marked by a rapid, severe, and…
- Conditioning, Pavlovian Named after the Russian physiologist Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (1848-1936) who conditioned dogs to respond in…
- Aneurysm, cardiac Outpouching of an abnormally thin portion of the heart wall. An aneurysm is a localized widening (dilatation)…
- EEE Eastern equine encephalitis
- Vestibular system A system in the body that is responsible for maintaining balance, posture, and the body's orientation in…
- Septorhinoplasty A surgical procedure done on the nose and the nasal septum, the wall within the nose separating the left and…