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Amnesia, transient global
See: Transient global amnesia.
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- Fungi Plural of fungus
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- Third degree burn See: Burn, third degree
- Vaccine, rubella A vaccine designed to prevent rubella, or German measles. German measles was once seen merely as a child's…
- Atopic Prone to allergies or characterized by allergy
- Pound A measure of weight equal to 16 ounces or, metrically, 453.6 grams. The word 'pound' goes back to the Latin…
- Monitor, Holter See: Holter monitor
- Transplant, corneal See: Corneal transplant
- Clone bank Synonym for Genomic library.