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- Patient A person under health care. The person may be waiting for this care or may be receiving it or may have…
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- Sleep drug Any drug used to help sleep. Most prescription sleep drugs are sedative hypnotic agents. They include Valium…
- Anatomy, Gray's See: Gray's Anatomy
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