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RVF
1. Rift Valley fever, the disease and the virus that causes it.2. Right ventricular failure, failure of the right ventricle of the heart.3. Residual volume fraction, a measure proportional to the ambulatory venous pressure
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- Plethoric Florid, red-faced.
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- Cholesterol, 'good' High-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol
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- Antiestrogen A substance that can prevent the full expression of estrogen. Antiestrogens act by exerting antagonistic…
- Denervation Loss of nerve supply. There are many causes of denervation. Denervation may be due to a disease as, for…
- Histocompatible Literally, tissue compatible. If a donor and recipient are histocompatible, a transplant is expected to be…