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Alembic
A type of still, an apparatus used in the process of distillation. Alembics were employed in chemistry and biomedical laboratories as well as in distilling cognac. By extension, 'alembic' is anything that refines or transmutes as if by…
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Show more- Reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) A condition characterized by diffuse pain, swelling and limitation of movement that follows an injury such as…
- Nerve, eleventh cranial The eleventh cranial nerve is the accessory nerve. The twelve cranial nerves, the accessory nerve included…
- Randomized The use of chance alone to assign the participants in an experiment or trial to different groups in order to…
- Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Ends Results See: SEER
- Olfactory disorder A loss in the ability to smell or a change in the way odors are perceived. Reduction of the sense of smell is…
- PSC (primary sclerosing cholangitis) See: Primary sclerosing cholangitis
- Sleep drug Any drug used to help sleep. Most prescription sleep drugs are sedative hypnotic agents. They include Valium…
- Cardiovascular The circulatory system comprising the heart and blood vessels which carries nutrients and oxygen to the…
- Taste Taste belongs to our chemical sensing system, or the chemosenses. The complicated process of tasting begins…
- Scrape An abrasion or cut caused by something rubbing roughly against the skin. To treat scrape, wash the area with…
- Hepatitis F It was formerly believed that a virus isolated from rare blood samples was able to cause hepatitis, and this…
- Areflexia Absence of neurologic reflexes such as the knee jerk reaction