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Pancreatic carcinoma
See: Pancreatic cancer
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- Extremely low birth weight (ELBW) baby Born very prematurely weighing between 401 and 1000 grams (about 14 to 35 ounces) at birth. Extremely low…
- Cain, mark of The mark that God set upon Cain, the eldest son of Adam. According to the Book of Genesis in the Bible, God…
- Tick, American dog See American dog tick
- System, parasympathetic nervous A part of nervous system that slows the heart rate, increases intestinal and gland activity, and relaxes…
- Metacentric chromosome A chromosome with arms of equal length.
- Stem cell, sperm See: Sperm stem cell
- Caecum The caecum (also spelled cecum), the first portion of the large bowel, situated in the lower right quadrant…
- Cation In chemistry, a positively charged ion. Pronounced cat-I-on. A cation is as opposed to an anion, which is a…
- Selenosis Selenium poisoning. Selenium posioning may be acute (short-term) or chronic (long-term). The effects of acute…
- Live animal market See: Wet market
- Overweight The term 'overweight' is used in two different ways. In one sense it is a way of saying imprecisely that…