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Oil, tropical
Coconut, palm kernel or palm oil. Like all fats and oils, these three oils contain various types of fatty acids but, unlike other plant oils, they contain a great deal of saturated fatty acids. Coconut oil is 92%, palm kernel oil 82% and…
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Show more- Supercentenarian Someone 110 years old or over (no upper limit). This term was coined in 1991. See also: Age by decade
- Diff dx Abbreviation for differential diagnosis, the process of weighing the probability of one disease versus that…
- Cancer, papillary Cancer, papillary: Cancer of a structure called the papilla or ampulla of Vater, a small muscle located at…
- Oromandibular dystonia Oro- refers to the mouth and mandibular refers to the lower jaw. Oromandibular dystonia affects the muscles…
- Yeast infection Yeast infection: Overgrowth of yeast can affect the skin (yeast rash), mouth (thrush), digestive tract…
- Philadelphia chromosome (Ph) The chromosome abnormality that causes chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Abbreviated as the Ph chromosome. The…
- Qd (on prescription) Seen on a prescription, qd (or, written with periods, q.d.) means one a day (from the Latin quaque die). The…
- Base pair Two DNA bases complementary to one another (A and T or G and C) that join the complementary strands of DNA to…
- Rickettsioses The infectious diseases caused by the rickettsiae. See Rickettsial diseases
- Pyelonephritis Bacterial infection of the kidney. Pyelonephritis can be acute (sudden) or chronic (slow, subtle, and…
- Enteric Pertaining to the small intestine. Also called (less often) enteral
- Aneurysm, dissecting An aneurysm is a localized widening (dilatation) of an artery, vein, or the heart. At the area of an…