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Hydrazine
Hydrazine sulfate, an alternative medicine that has been claimed to be a treatment for cancer. It has been used as a first-line agent in cancer therapy and as a treatment for cancer-related anorexia (loss of appetite) and cachexia (loss of…
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- Presbyopia Presbyopia: The loss of the eye's ability to change focus to see near objects. The reasons for this loss of…
- Fracture, hangman's See: Hangman's fracture
- Bone, carpal One of the wrist bones. There are eight carpal bones that are arranged in two rows. The carpal bones…
- NG tube See: Nasogastric tube
- Alternative splicing A mechanism by which different forms of mature mRNAs (messengers RNAs) are generated from the same gene…
- Syndrome, Behcet's See: Behcet's syndrome
- Skeleton, bones of the The human body has 206 bones. These consist of 80 axial (head and trunk) bones and 126 appendicular (upper…
- Adeno- Prefix referring to a gland, as in adenoma and adenopathy. From the Greek aden meaning originally 'an acorn'…
- Abuse, physical child Next to child neglect, physical abuse is the second most frequently reported form of child abuse, accounting…
- Yeast infection Yeast infection: Overgrowth of yeast can affect the skin (yeast rash), mouth (thrush), digestive tract…
- Entomology, medical See: Medical entomology