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Vaccination, rubella
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- Chloroacetophenone A riot control agent or 'tear gas.' See: Riot control agent poisoning
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- Viral hepatitis Viral hepatitis: Viral hepatitis is liver inflammation caused by viruses. Specific hepatitis viruses have…
- Ocular Having to do with the eye. In a microscope, the lens closest to the eye is termed the ocular (the eyepiece)…
- Aneurysm, aortic See: Aortic aneurysm
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- Lycanthropy The delusion that one has become a wolf or the werewolf transformation. Werewolf myths were associated with…
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- Approved drug A medication approved for marketing. In the US, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must approve a…