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Cidal
Suffix indicating killing, as in bacteriocidal (capable of killing bacteria) and in suicidal (the killing of oneself)
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- Thrombosis The formation or presence of a blood clot in a blood vessel. The vessel may be any vein or artery as, for…
- Presentation, breech Birth in which the buttocks present before the head
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