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Exercise, aerobic
Brisk physical activity requiring the heart and lungs to work harder to meet the body's increased oxygen demand. Aerobic exercise promotes the circulation of oxygen through the blood. Examples of aerobic exercise include running, swimming…
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Show more- Decease To depart from life; to die
- Vaccine, inactivated polio See: Polio vaccine, inactivated
- Inappropriate ADH secretion A syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone (ADH) which results in the inability to put out…
- Differential diagnosis The process of weighing the probability of one disease versus that of other diseases possibly accounting for…
- Hepatic- A combining form used before a vowel to indicate a relationship to a hepatic duct or the liver. From the…
- Oculodentodigital dysplasia A genetic disorder that affects many body structures and systems, including the eyes, face, teeth, fingers…
- Acrophobia An abnormally excessive and persistent fear of heights. Sufferers experience severe anxiety even though they…
- Pavlovian conditioning The Russian physiologist Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (1848-1936) conditioned dogs to respond in what proved to be a…
- Medical etymology The origin of medical words and terms. Etymology is an account of the origins and the developments in the…
- Elizabeth Kubler-Ross See: Kübler-Ross, Elisabeth
- Retroposition 1. Simple backward displacement of a structure or organ such as the uterus.2. In genetics, the integration of…
- IL-1 Interleukin-1