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• United States Navy Hospital Corpsman
  ...nvironment. Qualified hospital corpsmen may be assigned the responsibility of independent duty aboard ships and submarines; Fleet Marine Force, Special F ...is "Doc". In the U.S. Marine Corps, this term is generally used as a sign of respect.
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• Dopamine
  ...hormone is to inhibit the release of [[prolactin]] from the anterior lobe of the [[pituitary]]. ...ase]] and dopa-responsive [[dystonia]], [[L-DOPA]], which is the precursor of dopamine, can be given because it can cross the [[blood-brain barrier]].
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• Magnesium hydroxide
  | OtherNames = Milk of Magnesia | RefractIndex = 1.559<ref>Pradyot Patnaik. ''Handbook of Inorganic Chemicals''. McGraw-Hill, 2002, ISBN 0070494398</ref>
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• William Smellie (encyclopedist)
  ...'' | Editors = J. De Lancey Fergusson and G. Ross Roy | Volume = Volume II of II | Publisher = Clarendon Press | location = Oxford | page = 10 | isbn = 0 ...second edition of the ''Britannica'', because he objected to the inclusion of biographical articles in an [[encyclopedia]] dedicated to the arts and scie
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• Encyclopædia Britannica
  | image = {{Double image|center|Spine of Americanized Encyclopaedia Britannica.jpg|49|Americanized Encyclopædia Bri | image_caption = New American edition of the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' (1899)
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• Propædia
  ...es listing the staff members, advisors and contributors to all three parts of the ''Britannica''. ==The Outline of Knowledge==
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• Graves' ophthalmopathy
  ...athy''') is an [[autoimmune]] inflammatory disorder affecting the [[orbit (anatomy)|orbit]] around the eye, characterized by upper eyelid retraction, swelling ...The most common form of hyperthyroidism is [[Graves' disease]]. About 10% of cases do not have Graves' disease, but do have autoantibodies.
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• Bead
  ...oximately 100,000 years old, are thought to be the earliest known examples of [[jewellery]]. ...e origins of modern human behavior]</ref> [[Beadwork]] is the art or craft of making things with beads. Beads can be woven together with specialized [[ya
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• Donald Hunter (physician)
  ...and author of a classic text on [[occupational medicine]], ''The Diseases of Occupations''. Hunter was born in the [[East End of London]]. His father was George Hunter, a deputy engineer in the [[Post Off
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• Index of health articles
  '''[[Health]]''' is the state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and a positive concept emp {{see also|List of health sciences topics}}
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• List of cutaneous conditions
  ...eous conditions|Category:Cutaneous conditions|ICD-10 Chapter XII: Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue}} ...pmid17314969">{{cite journal |author=Fuchs E |title=Scratching the surface of skin development |journal=Nature |volume=445 |issue=7130 |pages=834–42 |y
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• List of colleges and universities named after people
  ...eacher]]s or other leaders associated with the institution. This is a list of [[higher education]] institutions named for people. ...d as their founders. A few institutions were named by the founder in honor of a parent, child, spouse, or other close family member.
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• Circulatory system
  {{Infobox Anatomy | The '''circulatory system''' is an [[organ (anatomy)|organ system]] that passes nutrients (such as [[amino acids]] and [[electr
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• Lymphatic system
  {{Infobox Anatomy ...te microscope before 1654.It was first described in [[1651]] as the source of white blood cells.<ref name=Thomson1843/>-->
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• Pulmonary circulation
  ...bronchial circulation]] supplies blood to the tissue of the larger airways of the lung. In the pulmonary circulation, deoxygenated blood leaves the right section of the heart through the [[pulmonary artery]], enters the lungs and oxygenated
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• Angiography
  ...thumb|250px|Angiogram showing a [[Transverse plane|transverse projection]] of the [[vertebral artery|vertebro]][[basilar artery|basilar]] and [[posterior ...ion'', "vessel", and ''graphein'', "to write or record". The film or image of the [[blood vessel]]s is called an ''angiograph'', or more commonly, an ''a
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• Vein
  {{Infobox Anatomy | ...eptions are the [[pulmonary vein|pulmonary]] and [[umbilical vein]]s, both of which carry oxygenated blood to the heart. Veins differ from [[artery|arter
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• Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency
  | Caption = Veins of the neck. Please note ''v.jugularis interna'' (that is stenosed or have a m ...her research is required to determine if the benefits out weight the risks of the procedure.
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• Capillary
  ...diameter, connect [[arteriole]]s and [[venule]]s, and enable the exchange of [[water]], [[oxygen]], [[carbon dioxide]], and many other [[nutrient]] and ==Anatomy==
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• Artery
  {{Infobox Anatomy | Caption = The human main arteries, part of the circulatory system. |
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