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Carbo-loading
An eating routine used by some athletes that involves downing large amounts of carbohydrates several days before a potentially exhausting endurance event. Carbo-loading has no known potential benefits for anyone except athletes under these…
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- Radioiodine An isotope of the chemical element iodine that is radioactive. Radioiodine is used in diagnostic tests as…
- Stye A stye is a red tender bump on the eyelid that is caused by an acute infection of the oil glands of the…
- Deficiency, lactase Not enough of an enzyme called lactase in the small intestine to digest lactose, a prominent component of…
- Zoll, Paul M. American cardiologist (1911-1999) and pioneer in the development of the cardiac monitor, pacemaker and…
- Pestis The popular name (and abbreviation) of Positron Emission Tomography.
- Aluminum A naturally occurring element that makes up about 8% of the surface of the earth and is always found combined…
- ALS4 See: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 4
- Linkage map A map of the genes on a chromosome based on linkage analysis. A linkage map does not show the physical…
- Diethylstilbestrol The earliest synthetic (man-made) form of the hormone estrogen. Diethylstilbestrol (DES) was once widely…
- Tiredness See: Tired