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Ablation
Removal or excision. Ablation is usually carried out surgically. For example, surgical removal of the thyroid gland (a total thyroidectomy) is ablation of the thyroid. The word ablation comes from the Latin ablatum meaning to carry away…
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- Mittelschmerz The occurrence of symptoms of mania and depression together. A person may feel sad and hopeless while at the…
- Fibulin 3 A protein that belongs to a family of extracellular proteins expressed in the basement membranes of blood…
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- Aldrec Trade name of the insecticide aldrin. See: Aldrin and dieldrin
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