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Mortality
A fatal outcome or, in one word, death. The word 'mortality' is derived from 'mortal' which came from the Latin 'mors' (death). The opposite of mortality is, of course, immortality. Mortality is also quite distinct from morbidity…
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Show more- Phrenology The study of variations in size, shape, and proportion of the cranium. Phrenology was a pseudoscience of the…
- Miasma A poisonous vapor or mist believed to be made up of particles from decomposing material that could cause…
- GIFT A technique in which the male and female cells required to begin reproduction are injected into the fallopian…
- Progesterone A female hormone and the principal progestational hormone that is made mainly by the corpus luteum in the…
- Alanine-glyoxylate aminotransferase A liver enzyme known, for short, as AGXT. See: AGXT
- Quintox Trade name of the insecticide dieldrin. See: Aldrin and dieldrin
- Nonrandom Not by chance alone. Not in keeping with the process by which an outcome is determined solely by chance, for…
- Poly- 1) Prefix meaning much or many For example, polycystic means characterized by many cysts. 2) Short form for…
- Overload, iron Iron overload can damage the heart, liver, gonads and other organs. Iron overload is a particular risk for: >…
- Pancolitis Ulcerative colitis that involves the entire colon (the large intestine). Ulcerative colitis itself is a…
- Diastrophic dysplasia An inherited skeletal disorder involving significantly short stature (dwarfism). Characteristic features at…
- Collagen injection The practice of injecting collagen into a part of the face or body to make it larger, most often performed on…