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Alternative medicine
Alternative medicine: Healing arts not taught in traditional Western medical schools that promote options to conventional medicine that is taught in these schools.. An example of an alternative therapy is using a special diet to treat…
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- Human chromosome count The usual number of chromosomes in humans, 46 chromosomes. Also called the human chromosome complement…
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- Failure, adrenal A condition in which the adrenal glands do not produce enough of the adrenal hormones that control important…
- Adenoma A benign tumor that arises in or resembles glandular tissue. If it becomes cancerous, it is called an…
- Five-lipoxygenase-activating protein See: FLAP
- Tabun >Runny nose >Watery eyes >Small, pinpoint pupils >Eye pain >Blurred vision >Drooling and excessive sweating…
- Erythema nodosum Erythema nodosum: An inflammatory reaction deep in the skin characterized by the presence of tender red lumps…
- Toxin, anthrax The toxic substance secreted by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis, the causative agent of the disease anthrax…
- Hysterectomy, abdominal Hysterectomy, abdominal: Surgical removal of the uterus through an incision made in the abdominal wall. As…
- Infectious hepatitis immunization See Immunization, hepatitis A
- Type 1 GM2-gangliosidosis See: Tay-Sachs disease