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Noncompliance
The failure or refusal to comply: the failure or refusal to conform and adapt one's actions to a rule or to necessity. The term 'noncompliance' is used in medicine particularly in regard to a patient not taking a prescribed medication or…
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- Vertebrae, cervical The cervical (neck) vertebrae are the upper 7 vertebrae in the spinal column (the vertebral column). They are…
- Flatulence Excess gas in the intestinal tract. But excess flatulence is difficult to define without a yardstick to…
- Heart conduction system The electrical conduction system that controls the heart rate. This system generates electrical impulses and…
- Extremophile An organism that lives under extreme conditions. An example of an extremophile is Methanococcus jannaschii, a…
- Bisexual suicide risk High rates of suicide have consistently been reported among homosexuals, particularly among adolescents and…
- Ellis-van Creveld syndrome A type of short stature with striking shortening of the ends of the extremities (arms and legs), polydactyly…