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Sick building syndrome
Sick building syndrome: A condition caused by exposure to various noxious agents that affect persons employed in a 'sick building,' usually an office or other building that houses many people working in close proximity to one another. Sick…
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- Random number table A table of numbers generated in an unpredictable, haphazard sequence. Tables of random numbers are used to…
- Dystonia, dopa-responsive (DRD) Dystonia, dopa-responsive (DRD): A condition that typically begins in childhood or adolescence with…
- EM (electron microscope) A microscope in which an electron beam replaces light to form the image. EM stands for electron microscope…
- Kit, disaster supplies You and your family can cope best by preparing for disaster before it strikes. One way to prepare is by…
- Foot drop See Foot-drop
- Small inhibitory RNA See: siRNA
- Hematochezia Bright red blood in the stool, usually from the lower gastrointestinal tract -- the colon or rectum -- or…
- Blot, Western A technique in molecular biology, used to separate and identify proteins. Called a Western blot merely…
- Fabricated illness by proxy See: Munchhausen syndrome by proxy
- Roentgen, Wilhelm Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen (1845-1923), German-born, Dutch-educated physicist who first observed and documented…
- Striatum Part of the basal ganglia of the brain. The basal ganglia are interconnected masses of gray matter located in…