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Flu vaccine, nasal-spray
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- PH A measure of the acidity or alkalinity of a fluid. The pH of any fluid is the measure of its hydrogen ion…
- Neural foramen See: Intervertebral foramen
- Leucovorin Folinic acid, the active form of folic acid in the body. Used as an antidote to protect normal cells from…
- UAL UAL stands for ultrasonic-assisted liposuction. Liposuction involves the surgical suctioning of fat deposits…
- Suppurate To form or discharge pus. The adjective is suppurative, as in suppurative arthritis. The noun is suppuration…
- Insomnia, transient Insomnia that usually lasts less than a week and does not recur. If it recurs from time to time, the insomnia…
- Aging The process of becoming older, a process that is genetically determined and environmentally modulated…
- Gene markers Detectable genetic traits or distinctive segments of DNA that serve as landmarks for a target gene. Markers…
- ACNM The American College of Nurse-Midwives. See: Nurse-midwife
- Cell, totipotent A cell with the capacity to form an entire organism. Human development begins when a sperm fertilizes an egg…
- Cholecystokinin Abbreviated CCK. A polypeptide hormone that stimulates the contraction of the gallbladder with release of…