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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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- Product, gene The RNA or protein that results from the expression of a gene. The amount of gene product is a measure of the…
- Assistive technology This term may be used to mean an assistive device, but more commonly denotes some kind of electronic or…
- Fear of thunder An abnormal and persistent fear of thunder that causes undue anxiety even though sufferers realize that…
- PIGF Placental growth factor
- Mega- (prefix) The combining form 'mega-' comes from the Greek 'megas', great or big and means abnormally large…
- Jejunal Having to do with the jejunum.
- Oncogene ErbB See: EGFR
- Fluoridation, water See: Water fluoridation
- Bell's palsy Paralysis of the facial nerve, the nerve that supplies the facial muscles on one side of the face. Bell's…
- Carcinoma of the breast, infiltrating ductal Breast, infiltrating ductal: Infiltrating ductal carcinoma is one of several recognized specific patterns of…
- Alembic A type of still, an apparatus used in the process of distillation. Alembics were employed in chemistry and…