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NIDCR (National Institute of Dental Research)
Al Research: One of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the U.S., the NIDCR is for dental and other craniofacial diseases. NIDCR's mission is, in formal terms, to 'provide leadership for a national research program designed to…
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Show more- Mucositis Inflammation of the mucous membranes lining the digestive tract from the mouth on down to the anus. Mucositis…
- Tube, Eustachian The tube that runs from the middle ear to the pharynx. The function of the Eustachian tube is to protect…
- Tactile Having to do with touch
- Mortality rate, maternal The number of maternal deaths related to childbearing divided by the number of live births (or by the number…
- Beriberi, infantile See: Infantile beriberi
- Smoke, environmental tobacco Abbreviated ETS. See: ETS.
- Knee replacement, total A surgical procedure in which damaged parts of the knee joint are replaced with artifical parts. The surgery…
- Trichinella spiralis The worm that causes trichinosis. Trichinella spiralis larvae can infest pigs and wild game, hibernating in…
- LSD Lysergic acid diethylamide, an hallucinogen. LSD is an abbreviation of the German term…
- NICHD A silver-white metallic element. Long-term exposure to nickel, such as from jewelry, can cause a form of…
- Asperger syndrome An autistic disorder most notable for the often great discrepancy between the intellectual and social…
- Minot-Von Willebrand disease See: Von Willebrand disease