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- Nail infection, fungal The most common fungus infection of the nails is onychomycosis. Onychomycosis makes the nails look white and…
- Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale A 1-5 rating based on the hurricane's present intensity. This scale is used to give an estimate of the…
- Compassionate use Term used in the US for a method of providing experimental therapeutics prior to final FDA approval for use…
- Familial A condition that is tends to occur more often in family members than expected by chance alone. A familial…
- DRVs (Daily Reference Values) A deficiency of tears. The main symptom is usually a scratchy or sandy feeling as if something is in the eye…
- Tyrosinemia type I A metabolic genetic disease characterized by abnormally high levels of amino acid tyrosine in blood…
- Gy Abbreviation for gray