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RVF
1. Rift Valley fever, the disease and the virus that causes it.2. Right ventricular failure, failure of the right ventricle of the heart.3. Residual volume fraction, a measure proportional to the ambulatory venous pressure
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- VIG Vaccinia immune globulin
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- Blood The familiar red fluid in the body that contains white and red blood cells, platelets, proteins, and other…
- Antisepsis Prevention of infection by inhibiting or arresting the growth and multiplication of germs (infectious…
- Thumb The short thick finger situated at an angle to the other fingers so it can be opposed to the them, making it…
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