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Exercise, aerobic
Brisk physical activity requiring the heart and lungs to work harder to meet the body's increased oxygen demand. Aerobic exercise promotes the circulation of oxygen through the blood. Examples of aerobic exercise include running, swimming…
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- Dura The outermost, toughest, and most fibrous of the three membranes (meninges) covering the brain and the spinal…
- MMWR The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, a weekly scientific publication prepared and published by the CDC…
- Fear of spiders An abnormal and persistent fear of spiders. Sufferers of this fear experience undue anxiety even though they…
- Oculocutaneous albinism See: Albinism, oculocutaneous
- Amphetamine A drug with a stimulant effect on the central nervous system that can be both physically and psychologically…
- MD Abbreviation for the Latin Medicinae Doctor, Doctor of Medicine
- Cholescintigraphy Cholescintigraphy: A diagnostic test in which a two-dimensional picture of a radiation source in the biliary…
- Extension The process of straitening or the state of being strait. Extension of the hip and knee joints is necessary to…
- Anoxia 1. Strictly speaking, the absence of oxygen. 2. The near absence of oxygen. 3. Sometimes used loosely as a…
- Vibration white finger The original name for a painful and potentially disabling condition of the fingers, hans, and arms due to…
- Circumflex Curved like a bow. In anatomy, circumflex describes a structure that bends around like a bow. For example…