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Blood-thinner
A common name for an anticoagulant agent used to prevent the formation of blood clots. Blood-thinners do not really thin the blood. They prevent it from clotting. Blood-thinners (anticoagulants) have various uses. Some are used for the…
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Show more- Jogger's nails Very small semi-circular white spots on the nails. These spots may be found on the fingernails and…
- Phago- Fix): Eating, devouring. From the Greek 'phago' meaning 'to eat.' Examples of words starting with phago-…
- Chemosense The chemical sensing system. The sense of smell is part of our chemical sensing system, or the chemosenses
- Amyloidosis, secondary Amyloidosis, secondary : One of a group of diseases (called amyloidosis) in which protein deposits (amyloid)…
- Titre Variant spelling of 'titer' -- the degree of dilution of a substance such as an antibody, reflecting the…
- Fat requirements, infant Fat in human milk provides 30%-35% of the total daily caloric needs for a growing infant. Manufacturers of…
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA, an agency of the US government (under the Department of Labor) with the responsibility of ensuring…
- Hematopoietic Pertaining to hematopoiesis
- Chordoma A form of bone cancer that usually starts in the lower spinal column
- Map, linkage A map of the genes on a chromosome based on linkage analysis. A linkage map does not show the physical…
- Biological chemistry Another name for biochemistry -- the study of the chemistry of living cells, tissues, organs and organisms…
- Right-handed The preferential use of the right hand for most fine manual tasks. Approximately 90% of the population is…