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Vitamin C
An essential nutrient found mainly in fruits and vegetables. The body requires vitamin C to form and maintain bones, blood vessels, and skin. Like other vitamins, vitamin C is an organic compound. An organic compound is a substance that…
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Show more- Liposarcoma A malignant tumor that arises in fat cells in deep soft tissue, such as that inside the thigh. Most frequent…
- Cuts Severed skin. Washing a cut or scrape with soap and water and keeping it clean and dry is all that is…
- Gyneco- Combining form pertaining to women, as in gynecoid. From the Greek gyno, gynaikos meaning woman
- Jogger's nails Very small semi-circular white spots on the nails. These spots may be found on the fingernails and…
- Hematoma, epidural See: Epidural hematoma
- Gorlin syndrome II Name sometimes used for the LEOPARD syndrome which Dr. Robert J. Gorlin and colleagues recognized and…
- Ophthalmology The art and science of eye medicine.
- Breast cancer gene BRCA1 A gene that normally acts to restrain the growth of cells in the breast but, when mutated, predisposes to…
- Na (sodium) Na is the chemical symbol for sodium. From natrium, a synonym for sodium. Sodium is the major positive ion…
- Mourning The process by which people adapt to a loss as, for example, the death of someone near and dear. Mourning is…
- Sublingual Underneath the tongue. A sublingual medication is a type of lozenge put under the tongue where it dissolves…
- Abiotic 1. Not associated with living organisms.2. Anything in the environment incapable of life, such as the soil or…