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Amnesia, antegrade
See: Antegrade amnesia
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- Vein, varicose See: Varicose vein
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- Submandibular gland The second largest of the three major salivary glands. It is located deep to the mandible (jaw bone).
- Eye bank A place to store corneas (the clear 'front window' of the eye) for use in future keratoplasty (surgery to…
- Western blot A technique in molecular biology, used to separate and identify proteins. Called a Western blot merely…
- Thiamine deficiency, infantile See: Infantile beriberi
- Long-term memory A system for permanently storing, managing, and retrieving information for later use. Items of information…
- Menetrier disease See: Giant hypertrophic gastritis
- Progesterone A female hormone and the principal progestational hormone that is made mainly by the corpus luteum in the…
- Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor A selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) is one of the commonly prescribed drugs for treating…
- Cryptosporidium See: Cryptosporidiosis