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Arsenic
>Breathing workplace air with sawdust or burning smoke from wood containing arsenic >Ingesting contaminated water, soil, or air at waste sites >Ingesting contaminated water, soil, or air near areas naturally high in arsenic Inorganic…
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Show more- Endochondral bone Any bone that develops in and replaces cartilage. The cartilage is partially or entirely destroyed by the…
- Subtotal hysterectomy Hysterectomy: The uterus is surgically removed but the cervix is left is left in place. Also called a partial…
- Osteitis fibrosa cystica A condition associated with hyperparathyroidism in which bone tissue is gradually replaced by cysts and fibers
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute The largest private source of medical research funds in the United States. The Institute is one of the…
- Sandfly fever An acute mild viral disease characterized by fever, malaise, eye pain, and headache occurring mainly during…
- Dihydroorotate dehydrogenase See: Alzheimer disease.
- Repair, mismatch A system within the cell for correcting errors in DNA that works by detecting and replacing bases in the DNA…
- Nephrogenic rest A fragment of embryonic tissue in the kidney retained after the period of embryonic development. Nephrogenic…
- Anal papillae The plural of anal papilla. See: Anal papilla
- Barium 1. A metallic element belonging to the alkaline earths with an atomic number of 56 and an atomic weight of…
- Rhinitis, allergic The medical term for hayfever. (Hay fever is a misnomer since hay is not a usual cause of this problem and…
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