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Nadir
The lowest point as, for example, the lowest blood count after chemotherapy, the lowest concentration of a drug in the body, etc
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- Human herpesvirus 5 See cytomegalovirus.
- Single upper palm line See: Simian crease
- Patellectomy An operation to remove the patella
- Retinoschisis Splitting of the retina. From retina + -schisis (splitting)
- Fear of flowers An abnormal and persistent fear of flowers. Sufferers experience undue anxiety even though they realize they…
- Julius Axelrod See: Axelrod, Julius
- Renal transplant Replacement of a diseased, damaged, or missing kidney with a donor kidney. Also called a kidney transplant…
- Eleventh cranial nerve The eleventh cranial nerve is the accessory nerve. The twelve cranial nerves, the accessory nerve included…
- Anfinsen See: Anfinsen, Christian Boehmer, Jr.