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Zinc deficiency
Lack of zinc in the body. According to the National Academy of Sciences, the Recommended Dietary Allowances of zinc are 12 milligrams per day for women and 10 milligrams per day for men. Food sources of zinc include meat including liver…
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Show more- Meningoencephalitis Meningitis + encephalitis, inflammation of the meninges and brain. Called also: Encephalomeningitis
- Elbow, tennis A painful injury to the tendon that is attached to the outer part of the elbow due to repetitive twisting of…
- Drug caution codes Abbreviations on medications that indicate caution. While not a part of the historical heritage of ancient…
- Mutation, missense Mutation, missense: A genetic change involving the substitution of one base in the DNA for another which…
- Tamponade, pericardial A life-threatening situation in which there is such a large amount of fluid (usually blood) inside the…
- Heterochromatin, facultative Heterochromatin that need not always be heterochromatic but which has the faculty to return to the normal…
- Tomo- Or tom- before a vowel. A combining form meaning a cut, section, or layer, as might be achieved by cutting or…
- Heteroplasia The replacement of normal tissue of the body by abnormal tissue or by malpositioned normal tissue, a tissue…
- Rett syndrome An X-linked dominant neurological disorder that affects girls only and is one of the most common causes of…
- Bodywork Any of a number of therapeutic or simply relaxing practices that involve the manipulation, massage, or…
- Pain, false labor The pain associated with intermittent non-productive muscular contractions of the womb (uterus) during…
- Gland, adrenal One of a pair of small glands, each of which sits on top of one of the kidneys. The adrenal is made up of an…