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Blood glucose
The main sugar that the body makes from the food in the diet. Glucose is carried through the bloodstream to provide energy to all cells in the body. Cells cannot use glucose without the help of insulin. Glucose is a simple sugar (a…
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- Nullipara A woman who has never given birth to a child.
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- Replacement therapy, testosterone The practice of giving testosterone to treat conditions in which the testes do not produce enough…
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- HCV PCR viral load test See: HCV PCR
- Hypochondriasis The belief and fear of serious illness which lasts for six months, beyond and despite medical reassurance…
- Vaccine, Salk Vaccine against poliomyelitis named for Dr. Jonas Salk who developed and introduced it in 1955. It was the…
- Anhidrosis Not sweating. From the Greek an- meaning a lack of + hidros meaning sweat = lack of sweat. The inability to…
- Cranial nerve, seventh The seventh cranial nerve is the facial nerve, a mixed nerve that has fibers both going out and coming in…