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Aldrin and dieldrin
A type of still, an apparatus used in the process of distillation. Alembics were employed in chemistry and biomedical laboratories as well as in distilling cognac. By extension, "alembic" is anything that refines or transmutes as if by…
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- Ophthalmic artery The ophthalmic artery supplies blood to the eye and adjacent structures of the face. It arises from the…
- ERT (estrogen replacement therapy) Estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) is used to treat menopause. It reduces or stops the short-term changes of…
- Dr. Andrew Weil Dr. Andrew Weil is a physician and proponent of alternative medicine. Dr. Weil is the Director and founder of…
- Tonotopic Pertaining to the spatial arrangement of where sound is perceived, transmitted, or received. There is…
- Choana (Plural: choanae) The passageway from the back of one side of the nose to the throat. There are two choanae…
- Ophthalmologist An eye doctor. A physician practicing ophthalmology. An ophthalmologist is an M.D.
- Purpura, Schonlein-Henoch See: Schönlein-Henoch purpura
- Tzanck smear See Tzanck test
- Gln Glutamine. See also: Amino acid symbols
- Southern tick-associated rash illness A disease characterized by a rash like that in Lyme disease, recognized in the southeastern and south-central…
- T1-T12 (thoracic vertebrae) The symbols T1 through T12 represent the 12 thoracic vertebrae. The thoracic vertebrae are situated between…