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Angry
Pertaining to anger, an emotional state that may range in intensity from mild irritation to intense fury and rage. Anger has physical effects; it raises the heart rate and blood pressure and the levels of adrenaline and noradrenaline, and…
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Show more- Chicken soup Long known as Jewish penicillin. See: Jewish penicillin
- Thymine (T) One member of the base pair A-T (adenine-thymine) in DNA.
- EECP See: Enhanced external counterpulsation
- Reflex, patellar See: Knee jerk
- Retrodiagnosis Retrospective diagnosis. The proposal that the mysterious illness that killed Alexander the Great more than…
- Hair, lanugal The downy hair on the body of the fetus and newborn baby. The lanugal hair (or lanugo) is the first hair to…
- Principal investigator In biomedical research, the person who directs a research project or program. The principal investigator (the…
- Skin graft, mesh A graft technique in which multiple pieces of skin are carefully arranged to cover an area. This technique is…
- MCAD Abbreviation for medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase. See: MCAD deficiency
- Medulla oblongata The base of the brain, which is formed by the enlarged top of the spinal cord. This part of the brain…
- Typhus, louse-borne See: Typhus, epidemic
- Parry's disease Toxic multinodular goiter. Named for the English physician Caleb Hillier Parry (1755-1822). also called…