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Toxaphene
A chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide currently banned for all uses in the US. Breathing, eating, or drinking high levels of toxaphene can damage the lungs, nervous system, and kidneys, and can even cause death. The US Department of Health…
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- Injury, mental child Also known as emotional child abuse, this is the third most frequently reported form of child abuse (after…
- Stromal Pertaining to the stroma of an organ. See: Stroma
- Abortion, multiple Two or more miscarriages (spontaneous abortions) by a woman. Couples who have had multiple abortions have…
- Thomas Sydenham See: Sydenham, Thomas
- Foramen A natural opening. Although a foramen is usually through bone, it can be an opening through other types of…
- Peripheral blood stem cell transplantation Peripheral blood stem cell transplantation: A new technique in which stem cells are obtained from a patient's…
- Urethral sphincter >Internal sphincter: Part of the muscular bladder wall acts as the internal urethral sphincter and prevents…
- Lights, flashing A sensation of flashing lights is created when the vitreous (the clear, jelly-like substance that fills the…
- Quinsy Not a TV detective but an old word for a peritonsillar abscess. Whether you call it quinsy or a peritonsillar…
- Papillomatosis, juvenile laryngeal Juvenile laryngeal papillomatosis involves the growth of numerous warty growths on the vocal cords in…