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- Rickets, celiac Rickets caused by failure of the intestines to absorb calcium and fat from foods
- Medigap policy In the US, a Medicare supplement insurance policy sold by private insurance companies to fill 'gaps' in…
- Labia The lips, either the lips around the mouth (the oral labia) or the lip-like external female genitalia (the…
- Forestier disease A form of degenerative arthritis characteristically associated with flowing calcification along the sides of…
- Fear of spiders An abnormal and persistent fear of spiders. Sufferers of this fear experience undue anxiety even though they…
- Aux- Prefix indicating growth or increase
- Chargaff ratios See: Chargaff rule
- Myocardial infarction, acute See: Acute myocardial infarction
- Athymic mouse A laboratory mouse lacking a thymus gland. Athymic mice have no T cells and useful in research because they…
- Titre Variant spelling of 'titer' -- the degree of dilution of a substance such as an antibody, reflecting the…
- Category 5 storm See: Category five hurricane