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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, an agency of the US government under the Department of Labor with the responsibility of ensuring safety at work and a healthful work environment. OSHA's mission is to prevent work-related…
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Show more- Active immunity The production of antibodies against a specific agent by the immune system. Active immunity can be acquired…
- Angiostatin Angiostatin is a piece (a fragment) of a protein, plasminogen, used normally in blood clotting. This fragment…
- Therapy, external beam radiation Radiation focused from a source outside the body on the affected area (for example, the cancer) within the…
- Coeval Of the same or equal age or duration. For example, the two elderly men were coeval with one another. Coeval…
- Analog In biochemistry, a substance that is similar, but not identical, to another
- Syndrome, Osler-Rendu-Weber See: Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia
- Hemolytic anemia Anemia due to the destruction (rather than underproduction) of red blood cells.
- Psychology, social The study of the mind and mental processes, particularly as regards social interactions, focusing on the ways…
- Protocol, Bruce See: Bruce protocol
- Swan-Ganz catheter See: Catheter, Swan-Ganz
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S., the NHLBI's mission is to 'provide leadership for a…
- Nosology The systematic classification of diseases, or the branch of medical science that deals thereto. The adjective…