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Syphilis. Depending upon someone's thoughts as to where the disease came from, syphilis was also known as the French, Spanish, German and Polish disease
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- Dementia, vascular See Vascular dementia
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- Chemofog See: Chemobrain
- Cys-Cys Cystine
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- Viral particle See: Virion
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- Radiation therapy, conformational A procedure that uses computers to create a 3-dimensional picture of the tumor in order to target the tumor…