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- Deficiency, vitamin K A lack of vitamin K resulting in an increase in the clotting time of the blood, impaired clotting and a…
- Intraperitoneal chemotherapy Chemotherapy: Treatment in which anticancer drugs are put directly into the abdomen through a thin tube
- Crypt In anatomy, a crypt is variously a blind alley, a tube with no exit, a depression, or a pit -- in an…
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