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Trichinosis
Trichinosis: See: Trichinellosis.
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- Randomize To use chance alone to assign or arrange. For example, the investigators may randomize the participants in a…
- Malleolus Bony prominence on either side of the ankle.
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- Histiocytosis A rare but potentially deadly disorder with similarities to cancer, in which histiocytes start to multiply…
- Angioplasty Procedure with a balloon-tipped catheter to enlarge a narrowing in a coronary artery. Also called…
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