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Habitual abortion
The miscarriage of 3 or more consecutive pregnancies. The abortion of 3 or more miscarriages (spontaneous abortions) with no intervening pregnancies is also termed recurrent abortion. Habitual or recurrent abortion is a form of…
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Show more- Unit, international (IU) An international unit (IU) is an internationally accepted amount of a substance. This type of measure is used…
- Lewis, Edward B (1918-2004) American geneticist and Nobel Laureate who showed how genes control embryonic development. In…
- Ribonucleic acid (RNA) A combination of ribonucleic acid (RNA) and protein. In autoimmune diseases, antibodies can form against…
- Modafinil Modafinil: An oral drug first approved by the FDA in 1998 for the treatment of narcolepsy, a condition in…
- Insomnia, fatal familial See Fatal familial insomnia
- Cardioversion The conversion of one cardiac rhythm or electrical pattern to another, almost always from an abnormal to a…
- Innervate To supply with nerves. It is a little known fact that the cornea is the most densely innervated tissue in the…
- Melanoma, ciliary body See: Intraocular melanoma
- LDH Lactate dehydrogenase
- Position, anatomical See: Anatomical position
- Splenic fever Known also as anthrax, splenic fever is a serious bacterial infection. It is not primarily a human disease…
- Snake bite Snake bites: A bite of a venomous snake, such as a rattlesnake, copperhead, cottonmouth water moccasin, or…