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Ventilator
A ventilator is a machine which mechanically assists patients in the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide (sometimes referred to as artificial respiration)
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- Melanoma, eye See: Intraocular melanoma
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- Vitamin B15 An old name for dimethylglycine (DMG, pangamic acid), which is no longer considered to be a vitamin by the…
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- Absolute neutrophil count The real number of white blood cells (WBCs) that are neutrophils. The absolute neutrophil count is commonly…