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Negative calorie diet
The Negative calorie diet is a weight loss concept based upon the premise that consumption of foods with a 'negative caloric effect' (meaning that the calories burned by chewing, digesting, and eliminating the food are greater than those…
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- Bronchopulmonary Pertaining to both the air passages (bronchi) leading to the lungs and the lungs (pulmonary) themselves
- Stress fracture A fracture caused by repetitive stress, as may occur in sports, strenuous exercise, or heavy physical labor…
- Sprue, nontropical This condition results from an immune (allergic) reaction to gluten, a protein found in wheat and related…
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- Pregnancy, acute fatty liver The consumption of alcohol during pregnancy carries the danger of damaging the fetus and causing fetal…
- Node Literally a knot, a node is a collection of tissue. For example a lymph node, is a collection of lymphoid…
- Hypothyroidism Deficiency ofroid hormone which is normally made by the thyroid gland which is located in the front of the…
- Y chromosome The sex chromosome found together with an X chromosome in most normal males. Once thought to be a genetic…
- Cheek The side of the face forming the side wall of the mouth. The cheek bone is part of the temporal bone of the…
- Endometrium The uterine lining; the cells that line the uterus (the womb); the inner layer of the uterus. This tissue is…