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DNA
In the UK, DNA is an abbreviation for "did not attend." (In the US, the term used for a patient who missed an appointment is "no-show.")
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- Vitamin E Alpha-tocopherol, an antioxidant vitamin which binds oxygen free radicals that can cause tissue damage…
- MM In medicine, the abbreviation for meningomyelocele (spina bifida), malignant melanoma, and multiple myeloma…
- Isotope A form of a chemical element with the same atomic number as another element but having a different atomic…