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Evolution
The continuing process of change, especially in reference to natural selection. Charles Darwin (1809-82) noted that successful species produce more offspring in each generation than are needed to replace the adults who die. Not all…
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Show more- Menetrier disease See: Giant hypertrophic gastritis
- Disease, hand-foot-and-mouth A viral syndrome with a rash on the hands and feet and in the mouth. The internal rash (the enanthem)…
- Flutter, atrial Well-organized but overly rapid contractions of the atrium of the heart (usually at a rate of 250-350…
- Abuse, pregnancy Abuse of an expectant mother. This abuse is most often perpetrated by the woman's spouse, partner, or…
- Potassium The major positive ion (cation) found inside of cells. The chemical notation for potassium is K+. The proper…
- Denervate To deprive of the nerve supply. Denervate is the opposite of innervate
- Recent memory Short-term memory. Also called working memory. Recent memory is a system for temporarily storing and managing…
- Traditional midwife A direct-entry midwife practicing within the confines of traditional folk medicine. Traditional midwives are…
- Proinflammatory Capable of promoting inflammation. For example, air pollution may have proinflammatory effects
- Scrofula An old term for tuberculosis of the lymph nodes in the neck. Also known as the King's evil
- Syndrome, Riley-Day See: Familial dysautonomia.
- Virus, JC JC virus