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- Calorie A unit of food energy. In nutrition terms, the word calorie is used instead of the more precise scientific…
- Compression, nerve See: Nerve compression
- Vitamin B1 Thiamine. Vitamin B1 (thiamine) acts as a coenzyme in the metabolism of the body. Deficiency of thiamine…
- Sitosterolemia A genetic disease involving lipids (fats) in which there is excessive intestinal absorption of dietary…
- Polycythemia vera (PV) Overproduction (proliferation) of red blood cells due to bone marrow disease (myeloproferative disorder). PV…
- Tetracycline Tetracycline: A family of broad-spectrum antibiotics effective against a remarkably wide variety of…
- Regional enteritis Crohn's disease, a chronic inflammatory disease of the intestine primarily in the small and large intestines…
- Medical journal, first American See: First American medical journal
- CM A centimorgan, a unit of measure of genetic recombination frequency. One cM is equal to a 1% chance that a…
- Effusion, pleural See: Pleural effusion
- Sponge, vaginal contraceptive See: Vaginal contraceptive sponge