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Scurvy
See: Scutellaria barbata.
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- Fever, five-day Fever, five-day: Also called trench fever, this is a disease borne by body lice that was first recognized in…
- Arterial blood gas (ABG) The sampling of the blood levels of oxygen and carbon dioxide within the arteries, as opposed to the levels…
- Arboviral encephalitis Inflammation of the brain (encephalitis) caused by infection with an arbovirus, a virus transmitted by a…
- DM Myotonic dystrophy
- Excise To cut out. A laser beam may be used to excise a tumor, much as a scalpel does. The terms excise and resect…
- Stop codon A set of three adjacent bases in the DNA or their complementary bases in messenger RNA that specifies the end…
- Noncompliance The failure or refusal to comply: the failure or refusal to conform and adapt one's actions to a rule or to…
- Peripheral pulmonary stenosis with cholestasis Also known as arteriohepatic dysplasia or Alagille syndrome, this ia a genetic disorder characterized by…
- Hodgkin disease British crystallographer and Nobel Prize winner (1910-1994). Dorothy Crowfoot, as she was born, was educated…