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DPT
Diphtheria-Pertussis-Tetanus vaccine. Today the more frequent abbreviation is DTP (for Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis vaccine)
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Show more- DNR Do not resuscitate. See also Advance medical directives
- Neuron, sensory See: Sensory neuron
- Nitric oxide >It acts as a vasodilator (blood vessel relaxant). >It therefore controls blood flow to tissues. >It…
- ACC Adenoid cystic carcinoma
- Malariologist Someone who is versed in or engaged in the study of malaria. 'Independent malariologists believe it kills two…
- Libido 1. Sexual drive. 2. In psychoanalysis, the psychic energy from all instinctive biological drives. Libido in…
- Random sample A group selected randomly, solely by chance
- Genetic screening Testing a population to identify individuals at risk for a genetic disease or for transmitting it. Newborns…
- Weighing, underwater See: Underwater weighing
- Circinate balanitis A form of skin inflammation around the penis in males with Reiter's syndrome. The skin around the shaft and…
- Mycobacterium marinum Mycobacterium marinum: A bacterium found in both fresh and salt water that can cause disease in fish and…
- Syndrome, MELAS MELAS is the acronym for Mitochondrial Encephalopathy, Lactic Acidosis, and Stroke-like episodes. MELAS is a…