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Treadmill, exercise
Exercise on a treadmill, a machine with a moving strip on which one walks without moving forward. A treadmill was originally a wide wheel turned by the weight of people climbing on steps around its edge, used in the past to provide power…
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- Injury, needlestick See: Needlestick injury
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- Skeletal Pertaining to the skeleton, the bones of the body which collectively provide the framework for the body
- Hygiene theory See: Hygiene hypothesis
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- Veterinary medicine The medical science concerned with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases in animals. Aside from…
- P in population genetics The frequency of the more common of two different alternative (allelic) versions of a gene. (The frequency of…
- Pronation A type of foot that rolls far inward during the weight-bearing phase of the stride. This type of foot is…