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- Hypoxemia Abnormally low levels of oxygen in the blood. Hypoxemia may be mild to severe and leads to shortness of…
- Endothelial Relating to the endothelium, the layer of flat cells lining the closed spaces of the body such as the inside…
- Regulatory sequence A sequence of bases in DNA that controls gene expression
- Mortality, infant The death of an infant before his or her first birthday. The infant mortality rate is, by definition, the…
- Hepatic encephalopathy Brain dysfunction directly due to liver dysfunction, most often recognized in advanced liver disease. Hepatic…
- Residual Something left behind. With residual disease, the disease has not been eradicated
- Malariologist Someone who is versed in or engaged in the study of malaria. 'Independent malariologists believe it kills two…
- Mower injury Injury from a mower, a machine used to cut grass (or other grains or weeds) to an even length. The main…
- Burn, second degree A burn that looks like a first degree burn in that it is red and sensation is intact but the damage from the…
- Regress To return or go back, particularly to return to a pattern of behavior or level of skill characteristic of a…