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Cyclooxygenase inhibitor
See: Cox-1 inhibitor; Cox-2 inhibitor
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- Cyanosis A bluish color of the skin and the mucous membranes due to insufficient oxygen in the blood. For example, the…
- Alimentary canal The digestive tract. See: Gastrointestinal tract
- Medulloblastoma A type of brain tumor that tends to occur in children, arise in the cerebellum (in the lower part of the…
- Testes The male sex glands. They are located behind the penis in a pouch of skin called the scrotum. The testes…
- Heart test, EPS ElectroPhysiologic Study of the heart, a test of the electrical conduction system of the heart (the system…
- Medicine, naturopathic See: Naturopathy
- Attention getting Attention getting is not a simple automatic act. It requires complex active thought processing. The types of…
- Second degree burn See: Burn, second degree
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- HUGO Acronym for the Human Genome Organisation, the international organization of scientists involved in the Human…