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Exercise, isotonic
Exercise when a contracting muscle shortens against a constant load, as when lifting a weight. Isometric exercise is one method of muscular exercise. In contrast, isotonic exercise is when muscular contractions occur without movement of…
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- Deficiency, selenium Lack of the essential mineral selenium, which can cause Keshan disease, a fatal form of cardiomyopathy…
- Antidepressant, SSRI A selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), one of the commonly prescribed drugs for treating…
- Aneurysm, brain An aneurysm is a localized widening (dilatation) of an artery, vein, or the heart. At the area of an…
- Phototherapy Treatment with light. For example, a newborn with jaundice may be 'put under the lights.'
- Ozone A form of oxygen that consists of three atoms of oxygen, in contrast to normal atmospheric oxygen which…
- Verbal child abuse Child abuse: Also known as emotional child abuse, this is the third most frequently reported form of child…
- F (symbol) A much used symbol, F stands for fractional concentration; free energy; Fahrenheit; visual field; fluorine…
- Shock, spinal Shock caused by injury to the spinal cord
- Typhus, European See: Typhus, epidemic
- Inheritance, mendelian The manner in which genes and traits are passed from parents to their children. The four modes of Mendelian…
- Placental bone morphogenetic protein See: MIC-1