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Zeitgeber
An environmental agent or event that provides the cue for setting or resetting a biological clock. To be synchronized with our environment, we need the input of Zeitgebers. The most important Zeitgeber in nature is light. Social factors…
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Show more- MB ChB Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degrees. See: MBChB
- Folic acid One of the B vitamins that is a key factor in the synthesis (the making) of nucleic acid (DNA and RNA). A…
- Truncation The act of truncating, cutting short. See: Truncate
- Physiatrist Next to child neglect, physical abuse is the second most frequently reported form of child abuse, accounting…
- X, factor A coagulation factor, a substance in blood essential to the normal clotting process. Production of factor X…
- Syndrome, Gulf War See: Gulf War syndrome
- Abuse, physical child Next to child neglect, physical abuse is the second most frequently reported form of child abuse, accounting…
- Genome, Hereford See: Bovine genome
- Facelift Although infrequent, the risks and complications of facelift surgery include: bleeding, hematoma, bruising…
- Vomit Matter from the stomach that has come up into and may be ejected beyond the mouth, due to the act of…
- Physics, health The science of human health and radiation exposure. Health physics, also called medical physics, is devoted…
- Resuscitation The procedure of restoring to life, as in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)