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Alb-
Prefix from the Latin 'albus' meaning 'white.' As in albino and albinism. The term 'albino' was first applied by the Portuguese to 'white' people they encountered in West Africa. Those 'white' people probably had partial or complete…
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- Women's hospital A hospital for the exclusive use of women. The first hospital called by that name was the Woman's Hospital of…
- Membrane, epiretinal See: Macular pucker
- Vitamin D3 A vitamin produced by the body when exposed to ultraviolet light or obtained from dietary sources. Vitamin D3…
- Arthritis, systemic-onset chronic rheumatoid See: Arthritis, systemic-onset juvenile rheumatoid (Still's disease)
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