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Nitrogen
Element number 7, a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that is biologically important. Nitrogen is a constituent of protein and nucleic acids and is present in all living cells. Nitrogen does not support respiration and is fatal if…
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Show more- Biotherapy Treatment to stimulate or restore the ability of the immune (defense) system to fight infection and disease…
- Reporting, anonymous In public health, anonymous reporting permits the acquisition of certain data such as the proportion of…
- Musset sign See: de Musset sign
- Foot-drop Dropping of the front of the foot due to weakness or paralysis of the anterior muscles of the lower leg…
- FDA The Food and Drug Administration, an agency within the U.S. Public Health Service, which is a part of the…
- House staff The resident physicians of a hospital who care for patients under the direction of the attending staff. House…
- Moraxella kingae See: Kingella kingae
- Xanthelasma Tiny (1-2 mm) yellowish plaques that are slightly raised on the skin surface of the upper or lower eyelids…
- Athlete foot See: Athlete's foot
- System, autonomic nervous Part of the nervous system that was once thought to be functionally independent of the brain. The autonomic…
- HUS Hemolytic uremic syndrome
- Osteoporosis Osteoporosis: Thinning of the bones with reduction in bone mass due to depletion of calcium and bone protein…