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Vitamin B2
An essential nutrient found in meat, dairy foods, plant foods and grain products. The body requires vitamin B2 to break down food components, maintain tissue, and absorb other nutrients. Like other vitamins, vitamin B2 is an organic…
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- Board eligible Board eligible in medicine means that a physician has completed the requirements for admission to a medical…
- Immunotherapy, allergy Stimulation of the immune system with gradually increasing doses of the substances to which a person is…
- V. cholerae genome See: Cholera genome
- Head bones There are 29 bones in the human head. They consist of 8 cranial bones, 14 facial bones, the hyoid bone, and 6…
- Glossal Of or pertaining to the tongue. Glossal is used as both an adjective and a compound word, as in hypoglossal…
- Fistula, anal See: Anal fistula
- Dominant >Achondroplasia (a common form of dwarfism with short arms and legs), >Familial hypercholesterolemia (high…
- Polio Abbreviation for poliomyelitis, an acute and sometimes devastating disease caused by a virus. Man is the only…
- Danders See: Dander
- Startle disease A genetic disorder also known as hyperexplexia in which babies have an exaggerated startle reflex (reaction)…
- Magnetic resonance perfusion imaging A special type of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that uses an injected dye in order to see blood flow…