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Cyanogen chloride
See: Cyanide
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- Pinocytosis A cellular process that permits the active transport of fluid from outside the cell through the membrane…
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- Pulmonary stenosis The pulmonary valve is too tight so that the flow of blood from the right ventricle of the heart into the…
- Placenta, low Location of the placenta in the lower part of the uterus (womb) so that the placenta partially or completely…
- Hemithorax Half of the thorax or, more simply, one side of the chest. The plural is hemithoraxes or hemithoraces. A…
- Monogenic Pertaining to one gene. As opposed to polygenic
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