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A. baumannii
Acinetobacter baumannii. See: Acinetobacter
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- Spinous process A slender projection from the back of a vertebra to which muscles and ligaments are attached
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- Eye cataract A clouding of the lens of the eye. The normally clear aspirin-sized lens of the eye starts to become cloudy…
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