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Analytic sensitivity
The lowest level of a substance that can be detected by an analytic method
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- Nerve, twelfth cranial See: Twelfth cranial nerve
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- Nerve, eighth cranial The eighth cranial nerve is the vestibulocochlear nerve. The vestibulocochlear nerve is responsible for the…
- Acid rain Rain resulting from the combination of fossil fuel emissions and water in the atmosphere. The environmental…
- Tubercular See: Tuberculous
- Fraction, ejection The portion of blood that is pumped out of a filled ventricle as a result of a heartbeat. The heart does not…
- Balanitis, circinate A form of skin inflammation around the penis in males with Reiter's syndrome. The skin around the shaft and…