Word Of The Day
Dorland's Word of the Day is a great way to broaden your knowledge of medical terminology. With a new and interesting term brought to you from the 32nd edition of Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary each day, it's an easy and fun way to increase your medical vocabulary!
You can view a new word on this website each day.
Today's Word
isodynamogenic
producing equal force or power.
Word of the Day Archive
orthomolecular psychiatry
psychiatry based on the theory that psychiatric illnesses are due to disturbances in the molecular environment of the brain and can be cured by restoration of optimal concentrations of substances normally present in the body, such as vitamins (orthomolecular therapy).
autoprotolysis
proton transfer from one molecule to another of the same substance.
scarlatiniform
resembling scarlet fever, especially its skin eruption.
acromiohumeral
pertaining to the acromion and humerus.
Daviel operation
one of the first operations for cataract extraction, which consisted of lens extraction through a corneal incision without cutting the iris.
polymetacarpia
presence of more than the normal number of metacarpal bones.
preneoplastic
preceding the development of a tumor.