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Filler
An inactive substance used to make a product bigger or easier to handle. For example, fillers are often used to make pills or capsules because the amount of active drug is too small to be handled conveniently
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- Angiomatosis, bacillary A bacterial infection due to a cat scratch most often seen today in people with HIV. The disease…
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- Joint, patellofemoral One of the knee joints. The knee has three parts. The thigh bone (femur) meets the large shin bone (tibia)…
- Ankle pain Pain in the ankle, a 'hinged' joint. Ankle pain is commonly due to a sprain or tendinitis. The severity of…
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- Neonatal Pertaining to the newborn period which, by convention, is the first four weeks after birth.
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