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Flood supplies kit
A flood watch or warning. The steps to take in case a flood watch or warning has been issued include the following: Gather Supplies -- Gather the emergency supplies you previously stocked in your home. See: Flood supplies kit. Stay Tuned…
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- Dermoid cyst of the ovary Cyst of the ovary : A bizarre tumor, usually benign, in the ovary that typically contains a diversity of…
- Presbyopia Presbyopia: The loss of the eye's ability to change focus to see near objects. The reasons for this loss of…
- Chloroacetophenone A riot control agent or 'tear gas.' See: Riot control agent poisoning
- Renal aneurysm An aneurysm involving the kidney
- Injury, mental child Also known as emotional child abuse, this is the third most frequently reported form of child abuse (after…
- Phenomenon, knee See: Knee jerk
- Heterophyes The replacement of normal tissue of the body by abnormal tissue or by malpositioned normal tissue, a tissue…
- D.O. Abbreviation for Doctor of Osteopathy, an osteopathic physician. Osteopathy is a system of therapy founded in…
- Zhong-Wei Chen See: Chen, Zhong Wei