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Chasing the dragon
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- DT Diphtheria-Tetanus vaccine.
- De Quervain's tenosynovitis De Quervain's tenosynovitis: De Quervain's tenosynovitis is inflammation of tendons on the side of the wrist…
- Memory span The number of items, usually words or numbers, that a person can retain and recall. Memory span is a test of…
- Coeval Of the same or equal age or duration. For example, the two elderly men were coeval with one another. Coeval…
- Kiddie cam A camcorder (a video camera and video recorder in one unit) that displays a live feed so that parents can…
- Generic drug >The chemical name of a drug. >A term referring to the chemical makeup of a drug rather than to the…
- Death rate The number of deaths in the population divided by the average population (or the population at midyear) is…
- Intersex A group of conditions sometimes referred to as disorders of sexual development (DSDs) in which there is a…
- Jaundice, hemolytic Jaundice, hemolytic: Jaundice caused by destruction of red blood cells. This can be an inborn condition…
- Specificity 1. The quality of being specific as, for example, she showed the use of specificity in her diagnosis. 2. The…
- Single palmar flexion line Simian crease