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Neuromuscular
Pertaining to both nerves and muscles, as in neuromuscular blockade by an anesthetic agent, the neuromuscular junction (the meeting place of a nerve and a muscle fiber), and neuromuscular transmission (the transfer of 'information' from…
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- Genome, cholera See: Cholera genome
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- Secondary amenorrhea The abnormal cessation of menstruation. Amenorrhea is conventionally divided into primary and secondary…
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- SCID Severe combined immunodeficiency disease
- Labia majora The larger (major) outside pair of labia (lips) of the vulva (the female external genitalia).
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