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Andro
Short for androstenedione, a normal precursor to testosterone and other androgens. Taking andro can raise testosterone levels. See: Androstenedione
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- Colorblindness The inability to perceive colors in a normal fashion. The most common forms of colorblindness are inherited…
- X-rays during pregnancy See: Prenatal radiation exposure
- Herpes, labial A small sore situated on the face or in the mouth that causes pain, burning, or itching before bursting and…
- Fear of bridges An abnormal and persistent fear of bridges, especially crossing bridges. Sufferers of this phobia experience…
- Joint >Gliding -- one bony surface glides on another without angular or rotatory movement; >Angular -- occurs only…
- Lingelsheimia A group of bacteria named after W. von Lingelsheim. Now known as Acinetobacter. See: Acinetobacter
- Lederberg, Joshua (1925- ) American geneticist and microbiologist who received the Nobel prize in 1958 for his work in…
- Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty Angioplasty: PTCA. The use of a balloon-tipped catheter to enlarge a narrowed artery
- Factitious disease by proxy See: Munchhausen syndrome by proxy
- Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension See: Pulmonary hypertension
- Agent, antiviral An agent that kills viruses or suppresses their replication and, hence, inhibits their capability to multiply…