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Tetrahydrogestrinone
A 'designer steroid' with anabolic properties. Known as THG
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- Glomeruli The plural of glomerulus
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- Arsenic >Breathing workplace air with sawdust or burning smoke from wood containing arsenic >Ingesting contaminated…
- Aorta, thoracic The thoracic aorta is a section of the aorta, the largest artery in the body, within the chest. Specifically…
- MTX Abbreviation for methotrexate
- Infant iron supplementation Iron is included in most infant formulas. Therefore, there is no evidence that iron supplementation is…
- Bones, axial There are 80 axial bones, comprised of 29 bones in the head and 51 bones in the trunk
- Munchhausen syndrome by proxy A parenting disorder in which the parent either fabricates an illness or induces an illness in their child…
- Lipodystrophy syndrome A disturbance of lipid (fat) metabolism that involves the partial or total absence of fat and often the…
- Beverly Hills diet The Beverly Hills diet is a weight loss plan based upon the premise that eating certain fruits leads to…
- Brachial plexus palsy Paralysis of the arm due to an injury to the brachial plexus, a network of spinal nerves that originates in…