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Vitamin Q10
See: Coenzyme Q10
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- Bursae Plural of bursa
- Exotropia Divergent gaze. Also called external strabismus or, pejoratively, wall-eyed (like a walleyed pike).
- Hand-arm vibration syndrome A disorder resulting from prolonged exposure to vibration, specifically to the hands and forearms while using…
- Defibrillator A device used to correct a dangerously abnormal heart rhythm, usually ventricular fibrillation, or to restart…
- Granulomatosis, Wegener's An inflammatory disease of small arteries and veins (vasculitis) that classically involves vessels supplying…
- Kaposi sarcoma Sarcoma: A relatively rare type of skin malignancy that tends to afflict elderly people or, especially, those…
- Aluminum toxicity See: Aluminum
- Napiform A little-used but useful adjective meaning turnip-shaped. Large and round at the top and tapering down…
- QT syndrome, long An inherited defect in the heart rhythm. In the US alone, it is estimated that 4,000 children and young…