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Exercise treadmill
Exercise on a treadmill, a machine with a moving strip on which one walks without moving forward. A treadmill was originally a wide wheel turned by the weight of people climbing on steps around its edge, used in the past to provide power…
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- Joint, atlas and axis The joint between the atlas and axis bones. The atlas is the first cervical (neck) vertebra which is just…
- Orifice An opening. The mouth for example is an orifice.
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- Thermally induced asthma Asthma: Asthma that is 'triggered' by vigorous physical activity. Exercise-induced asthma tends particularly…
- Anfinsen, Christian Boehmer, Jr. (1916-1995) American biochemist who shared the 1972 Nobel Prize for work that helped explain the structure…
- Bromism A disease caused by chronic exposure to bromine or one of its compounds. Bromism is characterized by mental…
- Memory B cells Secondary immune-system components that have an affinity for a particular antigen. Like other B cells, memory…
- Fever blister A small sore situated on the face or in the mouth that causes pain, burning, or itching before bursting and…
- Vitamin Q10 See: Coenzyme Q10
- Labor Childbirth, the aptly-named experience of delivering the baby and placenta from the uterus to the vagina to…