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Nurses Health Study
A very large and important prospective investigation into the risk factors for major chronic diseases in women. (In a prospective study the participants are identified and then followed forward in time.) The participants in the study are…
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Show more- Manicheel tree A dangerous tropical tree whose sap is highly poisonous and corrosive. The sap comes out when a leaf is…
- MCAF Monocyte chemotactic and activating factor. See: MPC1
- DTaP Diphtheria-Tetanus-acellular Pertussis vaccine
- Fever, Q Quintan means recurring every 5 days, the characteristic duration of trench fever. Quintan or trench fever is…
- Ear cleaning (yourself) Never put anything smaller than your elbow in your ear! Wax is not formed in the deep part of the ear canal…
- Visual acuity test This test measures how well you see at various distances. It is the familiar eye chart test. The eye chart…
- Pain, abdominal See: Abdominal pain
- Gyrus, lingual See: Lingual gyrus
- Leukoplakia Leukoplakia: A white spot or patch on the mucous membranes in the mouth (for instance, inside the cheeks, on…
- Syndrome, Brachmann-de Lange See: de Lange syndrome
- Supernumerary digit An extra finger or toe
- HHT Abbreviation for the disease called hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia. See: Hereditary hemorrhagic…