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Monochromat
A person with one of the many forms of colorblindness
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Show more- Qualitative Having to do with quality. In contrast to quantitative (which pertains to quantity, the amount)
- BSL-1 Biosafety level 1. The lowest level of biosafety, a level that applies to agents that do not ordinarily cause…
- Q_h (on prescription) If a medicine is to be taken every so- many hours, it is written 'q_h'; the 'q' standing for the Latin word…
- Ovary cyst, follicular A fluid-filled sac in the ovary, the most common type of ovarian cyst. It results from the growth of a…
- Fluorosis A much-used anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called antimetabolites. Full name…
- Achlorhydria A lack of hydrochloric acid in the digestive juices in the stomach (in technical terms, so that the pH of the…
- Toluidine A chemical compound implicated, along with aniline, in the causation of bladder cancer. Aniline and…
- H. flu immunization This immunization is designed to prevent disease due to Haemophilus influenzae (H. flu), specifically…
- Syndrome, von Hippel-Lindau See Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome
- Osteoclasia Destruction and reabsorption of bone tissue, as occurs when broken bones heal
- Reading retardation Reading retardation means impaired ability to read. Reading retardation is an impairment that may, for…
- WPW syndrome Abbreviation for the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, a condition caused by an abnormality in the electrical…