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Dioxin
One of a number of poisonous petroleum-derived chemicals which are produced when herbicides (substances used for killing plants) are made or when plastics are burned. Dioxins are chemically dibenzo-p-dioxins. One of the best known is TCDD…
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Show more- Popliteal pterygium syndrome An inherited condition with a web behind the knee. (A pterygium is a winglike triangular membrane). The…
- Penis, hypospadias of the Birth defect of the penis involving the urethra (the transport tube leading from the bladder to discharge…
- Mallet The malleus
- Filariasis See Lymphatic filariasis
- New England Journal of Medicine Despite its regional name, The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) is far from provincial. It is an…
- Absorb 1. To take something in, as through the skin or the intestine.2. To react with radiation and reduce it in…
- Vocal cord, false See: False vocal cord
- CEPH The Centre d'Etudes du Polymorphisme Humain (CEPH), an internationally renowned research laboratory created…
- Inconclusive clinical trial A clinical trial that shows that a new treatment is neither clearly superior nor clearly inferior to standard…
- Membrane attack complex Abbreviated MAC. An abnormal activation of the complement (protein) portion of the blood, forming a cascade…
- Familial Parkinson disease type 3 A familial form of Parkinson disease inherited in an autosomal dominant manner due to a gene on chromosome…
- Sprain, metatarsophalangeal joint See: Metatarsophalangeal joint sprain