Sclerotherapy, bogginess, circumduction. It can be confusing to navigate through the medical jargon--especially when you're suffering from a frightening illness.

To help you sort out the lingo or to simply help your research, use this extensive glossary.

For more in-depth information, please visit OSTMED. Sponsored jointly by the AOA and the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM), OSTMED® is a bibliographic index containing roughly 30,000 citations and abstracts of journal articles providing access to the osteopathic medicine literature via the Internet. Its aim is to cover all aspects of osteopathic medicine (clinical, social, and professional), including osteopathic manipulation and the relevant manual medicine literature.