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Xylitol
Xylitol: A sweetener found in plants that is used as a substitute for sugar. Xylitol is considered a nutritive sweetener because it provides calories, just like sugar. (Saccharin is an example of a nonnutritive sweetener, one that has no…
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- Beta protein 1 Abbreviated and better known as BP1. See: BP1
- Difficult urination See: Dysuria
- Methyl bromide A fumigant gas that is an effective pesticide. Methyl bromide has been used to treat the soil, grain bins…
- MALT lymphoma A low grade type of malignancy that arises in cells in mucosal tissue which are involved in antibody…
- Simian crease A single transverse palmar crease, a minor variation associated with Down syndrome (trisomy 21). Also called…
- Coitus Sexual union of a male and a female; also called sexual intercourse. Coitus begins when the male inserts his…
- New variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease Abbreviated nvCJD. A human disease thought due to the same infectious agent as bovine spongiform…
- H Symbol for hydrogen
- Pap test, ThinPrep A modified Pap test technique designed to reduce some of the technical problems inherent in the traditional…
- Multiple subpial transection A multiple subpial transect(MST) is a procedure is used to help control seizures that begin in areas of the…
- Nervous system, autonomic Part of the nervous system that was once thought to be functionally independent of the brain. The autonomic…