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The Lancet
A weekly medical journal headquartered in London. Published uninterruptedly and with the same title since 1823, The Lancet is 'the longest running medical journal in the world.' Thomas Wakley founded The Lancet and served as its first…
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- Coeval Of the same or equal age or duration. For example, the two elderly men were coeval with one another. Coeval…
- Flu Short for influenza. The flu is caused by viruses that infect the respiratory tract which are divided into…
- Androgen A male sex hormone that promotes the development and maintenance of the male sex characteristics. The major…
- Hyperostosis Overgrowth of bone. Hyperostosis is a nonspecific term that does not refer to any particular condition
- Blockers, beta A class of drugs that block beta-adrenergic substances such as adrenaline (epinephrine), a key agent in the…
- Pollices The thumbs. The plural of pollex. See: Pollex
- Snake antivenin Antibodies created in the blood of a horse or sheep when the animal is injected with snake venom. Antivenin…
- FGD1 The faciodigitogenital dysplasia gene. FGD1 normally plays an essential role in embryonic development…
- Paleolithic diet The Paleolithic diet is a weight loss plan based upon the premise of consuming only those foods available…
- Vesicoenteric Pertaining to both the urinary bladder and intestine or to a communication between them, as in a…
- Brown, Louise The world's first test-tube baby, conceived by in vitro fertilization and born on July 25, 1978