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Grapefruit diet
The Grapefruit diet is a weight loss plan that incorporates eating half a grapefruit with each meal and following a severely restrictive low-calorie diet. Like many other 'fad' diets, rumors have circulated that this diet is associated…
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- Medial collateral ligament (MCL) of the knee The knee joint is surrounded by a joint capsule with ligaments strapping the inside and outside of the joint…
- Urogastrone See: EGF
- Pulse, Corrigan A pulse that is full and then suddenly collapses. Named for the Irish physician Dominic John Corrigan…
- Blind 1. Unable to see. Without part or all of the sense of sight.2. In a clinical trial, not to know the treatment…
- Pontiac fever A flu-like illness caused by the bacterium Legionella pneumophila contracted by breathing mist that comes…
- Petasites hybridus See: Butterbur
- Pulse, pistol-shot See: Pulse, water hammer
- Pancreatitis Pancreatitis: Inflammation of the pancreas. Of the many diverse causes of pancreatitis, the most common are…
- BPD Stands for Borderline Personality Disorder, a serious mental illness characterized by pervasive instability…
- IL-2 Interleukin-2
- Blister beetle A blister beetle is one of a number of beetles that have historically been used in dried or powdered form for…