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Wimmin
The term used to describe the rate of heat loss on the body resulting from the combined effect of low temperature and wind. As winds increase, heat is carried away from the body at a faster rate, driving down both the skin temperature and…
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Show more- Syndrome, fish-odor An inborn error of metabolism associated with an offensive body odor, the smell of rotting fish, due to the…
- Polio vaccine, Sabin The oral polio vaccine (OPV) developed by the Polish-born American microbiologist Albert Sabin (1906-93)
- Ultrafast CT Electron beam computerized tomography (EBCT), a new (and controversial) noninvasive test for the detection of…
- Rodenticide A chemical or other agent used to destroy rats or other rodent pests or prevent them from damaging food…
- Vasectomy Vasectomy: A vasectomy is a surgical procedure designed to make a man sterile by cutting or blocking both the…
- LLL Acronym for the left lower lobe (of the lung). The left lung has but two lobes. The other lobe is the left…
- PROMM Proximal myotonic myopathy. See: Myotonic dystrophy type 2
- Infantile vitamin B1 deficiency See: Infantile beriberi
- Fetal dystocia Difficult labor and delivery caused by the size (too big), shape or position of the fetus. Dystocia comes…
- Steatohepatitis Fatty inflammation of the liver, usually in alcoholics. Steato- refers to fat and -hepatitis to inflammation…
- Kok disease A genetic disorder also known as hyperexplexia in which babies have an exaggerated startle reflex (reaction)…
- Duct, ejaculatory See: Ejaculatory duct