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Vitamin Q10
See: Coenzyme Q10
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- Orgasmic inhibition See: Anorgasmia
- Norwalk virus A family of small round viruses that are an important cause of viral gastroenteritis (viral inflammation of…
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- Stepmother The wife of a man who had a child by another women. See: Novercal
- Restriction map An array of sites in DNA susceptible to cleavage by diverse restriction enzymes
- Reaction, allergic A reaction that occurs when the immune system attacks a usually harmless substance (an allergen) that gains…
- Leg In popular usage, the leg extends from the top of the thigh down to the foot. However, in medical…
- Pigmented villonodular synovitis A benign proliferative form of monoarthritis (arthritis in just one joint) that can occurs at any age but is…
- Pinched nerve See: Nerve compression
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