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Vinyl chloride
A substance used in manufacturing plastics that is known to be toxic and carcinogenic (cancer-causing). Dangerous exposure to vinyl chloride occurs mainly in the workplace. Breathing high levels of vinyl chloride for short periods of time…
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- Surgery, elective Surgery that is subject to choice (election). The choice may be made by the patient or doctor. For example…
- ESWL Street name for alpha-ethyltryptamine.
- Cholelithiasis 1. The presence of stones in the gallbladder or common bile duct. 2. The process of formation of such stones…
- Moscati, St. Joseph (1880-1927) Dr. Giuseppe (Joseph) Mosati, physician from Naples. First modern doctor to be canonized by the…
- Vaccine, influenza The influenza (flu) vaccine is recommended for persons at high risk for serious complications from influenza…
- Deletion Loss of a segment of DNA from a chromosome (and hence from the genome). The first human chromosome deletion…
- Plantar Having to do with the sole of the foot. The plantar response (also known as the Babinski reflex) is elicited…
- Plethoric Florid, red-faced.
- Male chromosome complement The large majority of males have a 46, XY chromosome complement (46 chromosomes including an X and a Y…
- Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type VIIC See: Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, dermatosparaxis type
- Sinus headache A headache caused by pressure within the sinus cavities of the head, usually in connection with infection of…