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Fetishism
Fetishism is a problem in which a person has sexual urges associated with non-living objects. The person becomes sexually aroused by wearing or touching the object. For example, the object of a fetish could be an article of clothing, such…
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- IU (international unit) An international unit (IU) is an internationally accepted amount of a substance. This type of measure is used…
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- Myxomata The plural (along with myxomas) of myxoma
- Radioallergosorbent test An allergy test done on a sample of blood. The test is used to check for allergic sensitivity to specific…
- Dinucleotide A sequence of 2 base pairs. A trinucleotide (a triplet of base pairs) may be split into a dinucleotide and a…
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- Gas, laughing Nitrous oxide, a gas capable of causing general anesthesia. Today nitrous oxide is sometimes given in the…
- Pompe disease A genetic (inherited) deficiency of an enzyme called acid alpha glucosidase. This enzyme helps the body break…
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