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Plasma donation
The donation of sale of blood plasma for use in medical or other products. Unlike blood donors, most plasma 'donors' in the US are paid. The procedure is done in a walk-in facility, where whole blood is taken through an IV needle, and…
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Show more- Salmon safety The safety of eating salmon, especially farm-raised salmon. The levels of more than 50 pollutants, including…
- Control (research) In research, control subjects or control procedures permit comparison with experimental results. The first…
- Patellar reflex See: Knee jerk
- Hamstring The prominent tendons at the back of the knee. They are the sidewalls of the hollow behind the knee. (This…
- Arachnoiditis Arachnoiditis: Inflammation of the middle layer of membranes covering the brain and spinal cord…
- Molluscicide Synonymous with molluscacide and at least equally hard to say. See: Molluscacide
- AML Acute myeloid leukemia 1 gene. See: Runx-1.
- Saphenous vein The saphenous veins -- there are two, the great and the small saphenous veins - serve as the principal veins…
- Deep vein thrombosis Deep vein thrombosis: A blood clot (thrombus) in a deep vein in the thigh or leg. The clot can break off as…
- Sleep Sleep: The body's rest cycle. Sleep is triggered by a complex group of hormones that are active in the main…
- Palpitations Palpitations: Unpleasant sensations of irregular and/or forceful beating of the heart. In some patients with…
- Chocolate A food or flavoring made from the seeds of the cacao or chocolate tree. Chocolate is rich in flavinoids…