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Underwater weighing
A method for determining the lean body mass. This method weighs a person underwater and then calculates the lean body mass (muscle) and body fat. This method is one of the more accurate ones. However, it is generally done in special…
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- Pancytopenia A shortage of all types of blood cells, including red and white blood cells as well as platelets.
- Spinal cord injury Spinal cord injury: Trauma or damage to the spinal cord, the major column of nerve tissue that is connected…
- Biventricular assist device A ventricular assist device that helps both ventricles of the heart. It helps the right ventricle of the…
- Archaeology The scientific study of the material remains of past peoples. In archaeology today, a range of biological…
- Endemic Present in a community at all times but in relatively low frequency. Something that is endemic is typically…
- Evert To turn outward or turn inside out. To evert the foot is to move its forepart away from the midline of the…
- Fear of blushing An abnormal and persistent fear of blushing. Sufferers of this fear experience undue anxiety even though they…
- Pediatric end stage liver disease See: PELD
- Jackson-Pratt drain See: JP drain
- Restriction map An array of sites in DNA susceptible to cleavage by diverse restriction enzymes