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Lymphangioleiomyomatosis
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- Chickenpox immunization Immunization designed to prevent or lessen the severity of the common disease known as chickenpox. The…
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- Funny bone As in 'it tickled my funny bone.' When the elbow is bumped, the ulnar nerve running past the elbow is…
- Red cell distribution width A measurement of the variability of red blood cell size. Higher numbers indicate greater variation in size…
- Juxtaposition The prefix 'juxta-' comes from the Latin preposition meaning near, nearby, close. Juxtaposition is thus the…
- SERM Selective Estrogen-Receptor Modulator
- Dengue fever Dengue fever: An acute mosquito- borne viral illness of sudden onset that usually follows a benign course…
- Klumpke paralysis See: Klumpke palsy
- NIEHS Stands for National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, one of the National Institutes of Health in…