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Keratitis-ichthyosis-deafness syndrome
>Keratitis -- gradual destruction of the cornea of the eye, sometimes leading to blindness >Ichthyosis -- localized areas of disfiguring reddish thickened skin ('fish skin') >Deafness -- at birth Another characteristic feature is thin or…
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- Underwater weighing A method for determining the lean body mass. This method weighs a person underwater and then calculates the…
- Scale, Fahrenheit Thermometer scale in which the freezing point of water is 32°F and the boiling point of water 212°F. The…
- Vestigial Adjective describing something that is a vestige (remnant) or a primitive structure, and no longer believed…
- Cytokine A small protein released by cells that has a specific effect on the interactions between cells, on…
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- Sweet wormwood A Chinese herb (also called qinghaosu) from which is extracted the antimalarial agent artemisinin