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Succumb
To lose the will to oppose something or to give up and accept something that you first opposed. In the context of illness, to succumb to an illness is to stop opposing it, to no longer battle it, but to die from it. Succumbing, like…
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- Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma See: Adult T-cell leukemia
- Hypoglycemia unawareness Hypoglycemia unawareness: A complication of diabetes in which the patient is unaware of a deep drop in blood…
- Nucleus, arcuate See: Arcuate nucleus
- OPV Oral polio vaccine. See Polio vaccine, oral
- BP1 Beta protein 1, a protein encoded by a member of the homeobox gene family, a group of genes important to…
- Microscopy The examination of minute objects by means of a microscope, an instrument which provides an enlarged image of…
- VEGF Vascular endothelial growth factor, a substance made by cells that stimulates the formation of new blood…
- Disease, lipid storage A series of disorders due to inborn errors in lipid metabolism resulting in the abnormal accumulation of…
- Enterobiasis Any hernia containing small intestine. 2. Hernia (protrusion) of the small intestine into the upper wall of…
- Incontinent Unable to control excretions, to hold urine in the bladder or keep feces in the rectum. This is the usual…
- Salaam In a medical context, a seizure that looks like a sudden deep bow from the waist. Salaam seizures are…