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Nose
The external midline projection from the face. The purpose of the nose is to warm, clean, and humidify the air you breath. In addition, it helps you to smell and taste. A normal person will produce about two quarts of fluid each day…
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- Bicarbonate In medicine, bicarbonate usually refers to bicarbonate of soda (sodium bicarbonate, baking soda) white powder…
- A (adenine) In genetics, A stands for adenine, one member of the A-T (adenine-thymine) base pair in DNA. The other base…
- Leucovorin Folinic acid, the active form of folic acid in the body. Used as an antidote to protect normal cells from…
- Dura mater Literally, hard mother (in Latin). The outermost, toughest, and most fibrous of the three membranes…
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- Spinal cord injury Spinal cord injury: Trauma or damage to the spinal cord, the major column of nerve tissue that is connected…
- Transdifferentiation An instrument that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy. A transducer can also act as a…
- Mongolism Obsolete name for Down syndrome. Down syndrome refers to the 19th century English physician J. Langdon Down…
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