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Appendix rupture
Rupture of appendix
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- Down syndrome critical region Down syndrome critical region: (Abbreviated DSCR) A region on the long (q) arm of chromosome 21 thought to be…
- Neurofibromatosis, central See: Neurofibromatosis type 2
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- Unit, international (IU) An international unit (IU) is an internationally accepted amount of a substance. This type of measure is used…
- Protein malnutrition Insufficient intake of nitrogen-containing food (protein) to maintain a nitrogen balance or nitrogen…
- Hypocol One of the three major preparations of red yeast rice, a tradition Chinese medicine now used to lower…
- Plyometrics Any exercise in which muscles are repeatedly and rapidly stretched ('loaded') and then contracted (as in…
- Public mourning The public display of grief. This may take many forms ranging from the very formal to the very informal, from…
- Library, genomic A collection of DNA clones made from a set of randomly generated overlapping DNA fragments representing the…