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Infantile vitamin B1 deficiency
See: Infantile beriberi
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- IgG Immunoglobulin G, a major class of immunoglobulins found in the blood, including many of the most common…
- Nit Nits are lice eggs. They are hard to see and are often confused with dandruff or hair spray droplets. Nits…
- Ear, inner There are three sections of the ear. They are the external ear, the middle ear, and the inner ear. The inner…
- Meibomian cyst A cyst of the little glands called Meibomian glands that are located in the eyelids and make a lubricant they…
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