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Intelligence test
A questionnaire or series of exercises designed to measure intelligence. It is generally understood that intelligence tests are less a measure of innate ability to learn as of what the person tested has already learned. There are many…
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- Mutation A permanent change, a structural alteration, in the DNA or RNA. In humans and many other organisms, mutations…
- Bladder pain Pain from the urinary bladder. Among the symptoms and signs of bladder infection are: > >feelings of pain…
- Myalgia Pain in a muscle; or pain in multiple muscles. Myalgia means muscle pain. There are many specific causes of…
- CAT scan, spiral A conventional computerized axial tomography scan (CAT scan or CT scan) is an x-ray procedure which combines…
- Expectoration A big polysyllabic word for sputum or the act of bringing up and spitting out sputum. From the Latin…
- Gout, tophaceous A form of chronic gout whereby nodular masses of uric acid crystals (tophi) are deposited in different soft…
- Maternal age The number of maternal deaths related to childbearing divided by the number of live births (or by the number…
- Treponema pallidum The cause of syphilis, this is a microscopic bacterial organism called a spirochete, a worm-like…
- Acid, folic One of the B vitamins that is a key factor in the synthesis (the making) of nucleic acid (DNA and RNA). A…
- H Symbol for hydrogen
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