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- Allergy, peanut See: Peanut allergy
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- Renal capsule The fibrous connective tissue that surrounds each kidney
- Tumeric A spice with anti-inflammatory effects. The active ingredient is curcumin, which has antioxidant and…
- Fanconi pancytopenia See Fanconi anemia
- Transforming principle Name originally given to DNA. In 1944 Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty published their discovery that the…
- Anterograde Moving forward or extending forward. Anterograde memory is memory for what occurs after an event such as an…
- Leukemia, smoldering A condition in which the bone marrow does not function normally. It does not produce enough blood cells. This…
- Body packer An individual who ingests wrapped packets of illicit drugs such as cocaine, heroin, amphetamines, ecstasy…