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- Colonic 1. See: Colonic (adjective). 2. See: Colonic (noun)
- Bar graph A visual display using bars to represent the relative size of different categories of a variable, with each…
- United States Pharmacopeia Abbreviated USP. A publication, established in 1820, that contains legally recognized standards of identity…
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