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Zovirax
Brand name of Acyclovir
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- Microcephalin See: Microcephalin 1
- Disease, single gene See Single gene disease
- Glomerular Pertaining to the glomerulus, a tiny structure in the kidney that filters the blood to form urine
- Dejerine-Klumpke paralysis See: Klumpke palsy
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- Gram calorie See: Calorie
- Glans 1) The glans penis, the rounded head of the penis. 2) The rounded head of the clitoris