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XTC
A street name for 3-4 methylenedioxymethamphetamine. See: Ecstasy
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- Gastrectomy Surgery to remove part of all of the stomach.
- VHF Viral hemorrhagic fever
- TXB2 Thromboxane B2, the inactive product of thromboxane
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- Tracheostomy button Tracheostomy button: A 1/2- to 1 1/2-inch-long plastic tube placed in the stoma to keep it open
- Gonad, female The female gonad, the ovary or 'egg sac', is one of a pair of reproductive glands in women. They are located…
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- MCP Membrane cofactor protein. A ubiquitous protein on the surface of cells that regulates complement and is…
- Diploid The number of chromosomes in most cells of the body. This number is 46 in humans. It is naturally twice the…
- Zoll, Paul M. American cardiologist (1911-1999) and pioneer in the development of the cardiac monitor, pacemaker and…