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- Abortion In medicine, an abortion is the premature exit of the products of conception (the fetus, fetal membranes, and…
- Antidepressant, tricyclic One of a class of medications used to treat depression. The tricyclic antidepressants are also used for some…
- Moisturize To dampen; to replenish lost liquid; to add vapor; to humidify. 'Moisturize' usually suggests that the thing…
- Deafness and Communication Disorders, Institute Institute on (NIDCD): One of the US National Institutes of Health. The mission of the National Institute on…
- Ventricular Pertaining to the ventricles, the lower chambers of the heart, as in ventricular fibrillation and ventricular…
- Quinine The original antimalarial agent, quinine took its name from the Peruvian Indian word 'kina' meaning 'bark of…
- Varix An enlarged and convoluted vein, artery or lymphatic vessel.
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