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Show more- Folic acid One of the B vitamins that is a key factor in the synthesis (the making) of nucleic acid (DNA and RNA). A…
- Nail In medicine, there are two types of nails. One is just a plain old metal nail used to hold 2 or more pieces…
- Fear of birds An abnormal and persistent fear of birds. Sufferers of this fear experience undue anxiety about encountering…
- Exogenous Originating from outside the organism. Insulin taken by a diabetic is exogenous insulin
- Olecranon Of or pertaining to the bony tip of the elbow. The olecranon is, in fact, the near end of the ulna, the bone…
- Alice Stewart See: Stewart, Alice
- Contrast nephropathy A form of acute renal failure that starts soon after administration of contrast media (dye) for X-rays. The…
- Diabetic eye disease 1. A disease of the small blood vessels of the retina of the eye in people with diabetes. The vessels swell…
- Olivopontocerebellar Pertaining to three particular parts of the brain -- namely, the oliva, the pons, and the cortex of the…
- Necrobiosis See: Necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum
- Secondary pulmonary arterial hypertension See: Pulmonary hypertension
- Recurrence The return of a sign, symptom or disease after a remission. The reappearance of cancer cells at the same site…