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Arsine
A colorless highly toxic gas. Arsine has a garlic-like or fishy odor. Because arsine is nonirritating and produces no immediate symptoms, persons exposed to hazardous levels of it may be unaware of its presence. Arsine is water soluble. It…
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- Discoid lupus A chronic inflammatory condition limited to the skin, caused by an autoimmune disease. An autoimmune disease…
- Round To go around and see a patient in a hospital or other in-patient setting
- Depression Depression: An illness that involves the body, mood, and thoughts, that affects the way a person eats and…
- Genome, Caenorhabditis elegans See: Dog genome.
- Muscular Having to do with the muscles. Also, endowed with above average muscle development. Muscular system refers to…
- Ligament, lateral collateral knee The knee joint is surrounded by a joint capsule with ligaments strapping the inside and outside of the joint…
- Nerve, glossopharyngeal The glossopharyngeal nerve is the ninth cranial nerve. The 12 cranial nerves, the glossopharyngeal nerve…
- Testing, anonymous Testing in which no name or other means is used to identify the person tested. There is total anonymity. For…
- Posture, static See: Static posture
- Informatics The application of computers and statistics to the management of information. For example, in the Human…
- Acute phase reactant See: Acute-phase protein