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Altitude sickness
>If possible, don't fly or drive to high altitude. Start below 10,000 feet (3,048 meters) and walk up. >If you do fly or drive, do not over-exert yourself or move higher for the first 24 hours. >If you go above 10,000 feet (3,048 meters)…
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- Cathexis In psychiatry, the concentration of psychic energy on an idea, object, or other object
- Radiation toxicity See: Acute radiation syndrome
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- Orgasmic inhibition See: Anorgasmia
- Apnea, obstructive sleep Sleep apnea is a breathing disorder characterized by brief interruptions of breathing during sleep. It owes…
- Micro-RNA A tiny piece of RNA, about 21 to 23 bases in length, that binds to matching pieces of messenger RNA to make…
- Dizziness Dizziness: Painless head discomfort with many possible causes including disturbances of vision, the brain…
- Polio Abbreviation for poliomyelitis, an acute and sometimes devastating disease caused by a virus. Man is the only…
- Oz. Abbreviation for ounce
- Bloody show 1. The blood-tinged mucus created by extrusion and passage of the mucous plug that filled the cervical canal…
- Red jungle fowl Gallus gallus, the ancestor of domestic chickens