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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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Show more- Foot fungus Athlete's foot causes foot itching, burning, pain, and scaling. It is caused by a fungus and is treated with…
- Endovascular aneurysm repair Abbreviated (and most often called) EVAR. See: EVAR
- Endocrine Pertaining to hormones and the glands that make and secrete them into the bloodstream through which they…
- Sylvatic plague Plague that is spread by ground squirrels and other wild rodents, for example, in the western portion of the…
- Episclera A thin membrane that covers the sclera (the white of the eye). 'Epi-' is a prefix from the Greek that means…
- Aromatase An enzyme involved in the production of estrogen that acts by catalyzing the conversion of testosterone (an…
- Marx See: Marx, Gertie F.
- ABR (auditory brainstem response) Abbreviation for auditory brainstem response. See: ABR test
- Biliary sand Biliary sand is a term mostly used by surgeons when they remove the gallbladder to describe uncountable…
- Acute-phase reactant See: Acute-phase protein
- Receptor, chemokine Receptor, chemokine: A molecule that receives a chemokine and a chemokine dock. A chemokine is a protein that…
- GCRC Gaucher's disease.