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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
The circulatory system comprising the heart and blood vessels which carries nutrients and oxygen to the tissues of the body and removes carbon dioxide and other wastes from them. Cardiovascular diseases affect the heart and blood vessels…
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Show more- Co-morbid Pertaining to two or more disorders simultaneously
- Catechol-O-methyltransferase COMT. An enzyme that catalyzes the degradation of catecholamines, including the neurotransmitters dopamine…
- Plano In practical optics, a surface that has been worked flat
- Plantar warts Warts: Warts that grow on the soles of the feet. Plantar warts are different from most other warts. They tend…
- Human herpesvirus 3 See herpes zoster.
- Abstinence, periodic Also known as fertility awareness, natural family planning, and the rhythm method, this approach entails not…
- Retrospective diagnosis See: Retrodiagnosis
- Ganglion Ganglion: The celebrated 2nd century Greek physician Galen ((c. 130-201 A.D.) who lived and worked in Rome…
- Herbicidal Capable of controlling or destroying plants, weeds, or grasses
- Effects, fetal rubella The constellation of abnormalities, also called the rubella syndrome, caused by infection with the rubella…
- Allergic purpura See: Schonlein-Henoch purpura
- Pediatric urinary tract infection See: Urinary tract infection in children