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Benzidine
A compound used mainly for dyeing textiles and paper that is a known human carcinogen (cancer-causing agent). Benzidine was one of the first chemicals for which an association of occupational exposure and increased incidence of urinary…
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Show more- Williams syndrome See: Circle of Willis.
- Poisoning, ethylene glycol Poisoning from ethylene glycol (a clear, colorless, odorless liquid with a sweet taste) that can produce…
- Nervine A nerve tonic, a medicine that acts therapeutically upon the nerves, particularly in the sense of a sedative…
- Institute, National Eye (NEI) One of the US National Institutes of Health, NEI's mission is to 'conduct and support research, training…
- Breast feeding See: Breastfeeding
- Y. pestis Yersinia pestis, the bacteria that causes the bubonic plague which in the year 541 (as the Black Death) and…
- Under the weather Colloquial expression for sick or ill as, for example, to be under the weather with the flu. The phrase…
- ALS7 See: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 7
- ALL (acute lymphoblastic leukemia) Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, also less often called acute lymphocytic leukemia. See: Acute lymphoblastic…
- Abraham-man Also abram-man. One of a class of beggars who once wandered over England after the dissolution of the…
- Biopsy, muscle See: Muscle biopsy
- Proprioception The ability to sense stimuli arising within the body. Even if you are blindfolded, you know through…