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Stanolone
A semisynthetic analog of dihydrotestosterone
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Show more- Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr. (1809-1894). Celebrated American physician and professor of medicine (anatomy and physiology) at Harvard, and…
- Homeostasis A property of cells, tissues, and organisms that allows the maintenance and regulation of the stability and…
- Poisoning, alcohol A condition in which a toxic amount of alcohol (ethanol, ethyl alcohol) has been drunk, usually in a short…
- OMS Abbreviation for the Organisation Mondiale de la Sante, the French name for the World Health Organization…
- Amenia Better known as amenorrhea, amenia is the absence or cessation of menstruation. Amenorrhea is conventionally…
- Elbow The juncture of the long bones in the middle portion of the arm. The bone of the upper arm (humerus) meets…
- Vaccination, children's See: DPT immunization.
- Cystic periventricular leukomalacia Softening of the white matter near the ventricles of the brain resulting in abnormal cysts. Cystic…
- Lymph gland See Lymph node
- Cyst, tarsal Also called a chalazion or a Meibomian cyst, an inflammation of the oil gland of the eyelid.
- Achondroplasia Our Achondroplasia Main Article provides a comprehensive look at the who, what, when and how of…
- Peromyscus maniculatus See: Deer mouse