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High altitude
Altitude sickness occurs at high altitude. So what is high altitude? Altitude is defined on the following scale: > >High altitude: 8,000 - 12,000 feet (2,438 - 3,658 meters); >Very high altitude: 12,000 - 18,000 feet (3,658 - 5,487…
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- LL 1. Lower lid (of the eye). 2. Lower limit. The recommended LL for potassium intake is 4.7 grams per day for…
- Indian Health Service (IHS) A part of the U.S. Public Health Service within the US Department of Health and Human Services, the Indian…
- Antimetabolite A drug that is similar enough to a natural chemical to participate in a normal biochemical reaction in cells…
- Trichuris trichiura A nematode (roundworm) also called the human whipworm. The third most common round worm of humans. Occurs…
- Labra The plural of labrum, a ring of fibrocartilage (fibrous cartilage) around the edge of the articular (joint)…
- Hemophilia carrier A female carrying a mutant gene for hemophilia on one of her two X chromosomes and a normal allele on her…
- Thrombocytosis See thrombocythemia
- Induced abortion An abortion that is brought about intentionally. Also called an artificial or therapeutic abortion. As…
- Fusospirochetal gingivitis This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead…
- Baroparesis Reversible paralysis of the facial nerve due to pressure in the middle ear going up in a plane or surfacing…