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- Nymph A nymph is a stage in the life cycle of certain arthropods, as ticks and lice. (Not all nymphs are in Greek…
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- Biotin A water-soluble B-complex vitamin involved in carbon dioxide transfer and therefore essential to the…
- Detoxify To reduce or eliminate the toxicity of a substance or poison. To promote the recovery of a person from an…
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