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Cod liver oil
An oil extracted from the liver of the cod. Cod liver oil was once given religiously to children every day as a rich source of vitamins A and D. It was also used to treat children with rickets, a bone disease due to vitamin D deficiency…
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Show more- Occlusion The act of occluding. See: Occlude
- National Academies Collectively, the four National Academies of the United States -- the National Academy of Sciences, the…
- Kernig sign A clinical hallmark of meningitis, inflammation of the meninges, the membranes covering the brain and spinal…
- Lactation The process of milk production. Human milk is secreted by the mammary glands, which are located within the…
- Situational syncope The temporary loss of consciousness in a particular kind of situation. The situations that trigger this…
- Filariasis, lymphatic See Lymphatic filariasis
- Chemo Slang for chemotherapy -- drug therapy for cancer. Most anticancer drugs are given IV (into a vein) or IM…
- Transmission distortion Distortion in the transmission of genes or chromosomes to the offspring, resulting in a significant…
- Nerve, sixth cranial The sixth cranial nerve is the abducent nerve, a small motor nerve that has one task: to supply a muscle…
- GVHD Graft-versus-host disease
- Bacteremia The presence of live bacteria in the bloodstream. Bacteremia is analogous to viremia (the presence of a virus…
- Hyperekplexia A genetic disorder also known as hyperexplexia in which babies have an exaggerated startle reflex (reaction)…