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Scorbutic
Pertaining to scurvy (scorbutus) or affected by it
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- ART (antiretroviral therapy) Treatment that suppresses or stops a retrovirus. One of the retrovirus is the human immunodeficiency virus…
- Underventilation See: Hypoventilation
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- Hyperopia Farsightedness; the ability to see distant objects more clearly than close objects. Hyperopia may be…
- National Program of Cancer Registries A program administered in the US by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) since 1994 that…
- Actinic keratosis Our Actinic keratosis Main Article provides a comprehensive look at the who, what, when and how of Actinic…
- Pediatric cystitis Bladder infection in a child. See: Urinary tract infection in children
- Fingerprint 1. The characteristic dermal ridges on the finger. This is the original meaning of fingerprint. 2. The…
- Stain, Gram The Danish bacteriologist J.M.C. Gram (1853- 1938) devised a method of staining bacteria using a dye called…