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Epilepsy, petit mal
See: Petit mal
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- James Watson See: Watson, James
- Prokaryotic Pertaining to prokaryotes
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- Nicotiana tabacum A South American herb whose leaves contain 2-8% nicotine and serve as the source of smoking and smokeless…
- Ca The symbol for calcium
- Nominal aphasia See Anomia
- Office of Human Research Protections (OHRP) The agency responsible for developing, monitoring and exercising compliance over the protections afforded…
- Osteitis deformans Better known today as Paget disease, this is a chronic bone disorder that typically results in enlarged…
- Syncephaly Conjoined twins whose heads are joined together. From syn-, together + -cephaly, head = heads together. Also…
- Gly Glycine. See also: Amino acid symbols
- Rectal cancer Cancer: A malignant tumor arising from the inner wall of the final part of the large intestine -- the rectum…