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Birth rate
The birth rate is usually given as the number of live births divided by the average population (or the population at midyear). This is termed the crude birth rate. In 1995, for example, the crude birth rate per 1,000 population was 14 in…
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- CCHF Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
- Exfoliate 1) To peal off scaly skin spontaneously. The skin exfoliates from the palms and soles in Kawasaki's disease…
- Typhus, Queensland tick See: Queensland tick typhus
- Gamma knife A type of radiosurgery (radiation therapy) machine that acts by focusing low-dosage gamma radiation from many…
- Glutamic acid An amino acid, one of the 20 building blocks of protein. A nonessential amino acid, glutamic acid is present…
- Osteo- (prefix) Combining form meaning bone. From the Greek 'osteon', bone. Appears for instance in osteoarthritis…
- Thanatophobia An abnormal and excessive fear of death
- Taste Taste belongs to our chemical sensing system, or the chemosenses. The complicated process of tasting begins…
- Quadriceps reflex See: Knee jerk
- Carotid body A small 'body' of tissue rich in capillaries, at the spot the carotid artery branches in the neck, containing…
- Intraperitoneal chemotherapy Chemotherapy: Treatment in which anticancer drugs are put directly into the abdomen through a thin tube