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Imitrex
Brand name for sumatriptan, a triptan drug for the treatment of migraine
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- Mastectomy, double Removal of both breasts
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- Cloaca A common passageway for feces, urine and reproduction. At one point in the development of the human embryo…
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- Fugue state The complete order of bases in a gene. This order determines which protein a gene will produce.
- Peliosis hepatis A rare condition in which the liver contains multiple, randomly-distributed blood-filled spaces or cavities…
- Hypoglossal nerve The hypoglossal nerve is the twelfth cranial nerve. The twelve cranial nerves, the hypoglossal nerve…
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