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Benzene
A sweet smelling, highly toxic hydrocarbon. Long-term exposure to benzene is known to cause anemia and leukemia. The anemia associated with benzene exposure is termed aplastic anemia. The types of leukemia associated with benzene exposure…
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- Sweat gland The sweat (sudoriferous) glands are small tubular structures situated within and under the skin (in the…
- Tube, tympanostomy A small plastic tube inserted into the eardrum to keep the middle ear aerated for a prolonged period of time…
- Medical Repository The first medical magazine and the first scientific journal published in the United States. The Medical…
- Sundowning Also known as Sundown Syndrome, a term used to refer to behavioral changes that often occur in the late…
- Thimerosal A mercury-containing preservative used in some vaccines and other products since the 1930's. No harmful…
- Allergy, soy milk Allergy, soy milk: Soy protein formulas contain no cow milk and are therefore reasonable alternatives for…
- Radiation therapy, external Radiation therapy in which the source of radiation is a machine outside the body
- Adverse drug reaction See: Adverse reaction
- Squamous cells Flat cells that look like fish scales. The word 'squamous' came from the Latin squama meaning 'the scale of a…
- Rubella (historical note) In 1941 N. M. Gregg, an Australian ophthalmologist, recognized that infection of the mother with rubella…
- Blood glucose The main sugar that the body makes from the food in the diet. Glucose is carried through the bloodstream to…