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Pneumoconiosis
The deposition of particulate matter such as asbestos and silicon in the lungs. See also: Black lung disease
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- Skin graft, full-thickness A graft technique in which sheets of skin containing both the epidermis and the dermis are used
- Liquor cerebrospinalis See: Cerebrospinal fluid
- Arthropathy Joint disease. The term arthropathy does not specify the type of joint disease. It might be osteoarthropathy…
- Vaccination, DPT See: DPT immunization
- PTC (percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography) See: Cholangiography, percutaneous transhepatic
- Exhaustion, heat A warning that the body is getting too hot. The person may be thirsty, giddy, weak, uncoordinated, nauseous…
- Adult respiratory distress syndrome Better known as ARDS. See: ARDS
- UMP Uridine monophosphate
- NIDA Stands for the National Institute on Drug Abuse, one of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S., whose…
- Chromosome duplication Part of a chromosome in duplicate. A particular kind of mutation involving the production of one or more…
- Laynx, pneumatic See: Pneumatic larynx