Not sure what a medical term means? You’re not alone! Here is an easy solution.
To see a list of definitions for a word one of the fastest ways we’ve found is to go to Google and simply type the word “define:”, (NOTE the colon after define), and then the word you want defined. If Google has seen a definition for the word or phrase on the Web, it will retrieve that information and display it.
EXAMPLE: define:myopathy
NOTE: there is no space between “define:” and the term you want defined.
Here are a few definitions of medical terms:
Myopathy: Progressive muscle weakness or any abnormal conditions or disease of the muscle tissues, which include the muscles over our bones (skeletal muscle) and the heart (cardiac muscle).
Myoglobinuria: the presence of myoglobin in the urine.
Myoglobin: Myoglobin is a globular protein occurring widely in muscle tissue as an oxygen carrier. It supplies oxygen to the muscle during strenuous exercise, when the muscle oxygen demands out paces the supply from the blood.
Rhabdomyolysis: Rhabdomyolysis is the breakdown of muscle fibers resulting in the release of muscle fiber contents into the circulation. Some of these are toxic to the kidney and frequenty result in kidney damage.