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Cod liver oil
An oil extracted from the liver of the cod. Cod liver oil was once given religiously to children every day as a rich source of vitamins A and D. It was also used to treat children with rickets, a bone disease due to vitamin D deficiency…
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- Rebound effect The characteristic of a drug to produce reverse effects when the effect of the drug has passed or the patient…
- MCTD Abbreviation standing for Mixed Connective Tissue Disease, an overlapping mixture of three diseases of…
- Single-blind Term used to described a study in which either the investigator or the participant, but not both of them, is…
- Pericardial effusion Too much fluid within the pericardium, the fibrous sac that surrounds the heart. The pericardium normally…
- Trachea A tube-like portion of the breathing or 'respiratory' tract that connects the 'voice box' (larynx) with the…
- Physicians Health Study A very large, long-term, randomized study initiated in 1982 to look at the effects of aspirin and…
- Tachycardia A rapid heart rate, usually defined as greater than 100 beats per minute. The tachycardias include sinus…
- Ventricle, cerebral One of a system of four communicating cavities within the brain that are continuous with the central canal of…
- Mutilating keratoderma See: Vohwinkel syndrome
- Dobelle See: Dobelle, William
- Bullous pemphigoid Bullous pemphigoid: A disease characterized by tense blisters on the skin. The condition is caused by…