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Pulse, trip-hammer
See: Pulse, water hammer
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- Presbyopia Presbyopia: The loss of the eye's ability to change focus to see near objects. The reasons for this loss of…
- Cyst, thyroglossal See: Thyroglossal cyst
- Renal aneurysm An aneurysm involving the kidney
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- DNA polymerase Enzyme that catalyzes (speeds) the polymerization of DNA. DNA polymerase uses preexisting nucleic acid…