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Suicide
Suicide: The act of causing ones own death. Suicide may be positive or negative and it may be direct or indirect. Suicide is a positive act when one takes ones own life. Suicide is a negative act when one does not do what is necessary to…
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- Lysosome An organelle (a little organ) in a cell containing enzymes that degrade macromolecules (large molecules) and…
- Wymmin An alternate spelling of wimmin
- Beta-agonist A bronchodilator medicine that opens the airways by relaxing the muscles around the airways that may tighten…
- Herpes A family of viruses. Herpes also refers to infection with one of the human herpesviruses, especially herpes…
- Genetic transformation A process by which the genetic material carried by an individual cell is altered by the incorporation of…
- Posture, neutral See: Neutral posture
- Headache Headache: A pain in the head with the pain being above the eyes or the ears, behind the head (occipital), or…
- Anal fistula An opening in the skin near the anus that leads into a blind pouch or may connect through a tunnel with the…
- Tuberculosis, genetic susceptibility to Genes that make someone susceptible to developing tuberculosis (TB) when exposed to the bacterium…
- Taenia asiatica Taenia solium.
- Familial Parkinson disease type 8 A familial form of Parkinson disease inherited in an autosomal dominant manner due to a gene on chromosome…