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Medical research

Basic, applied or translational research conducted to aid and support the study in the field of medicine.

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Medical research

Nausea

Medical; Medical research

A feeling of sickness with an inclination to vomit.

Aplasia

Medical; Medical research

The failure of an organ or tissue to develop or to function normally.

Pure red cell aplasia (PCRA)

Medical; Medical research

A type of anaemia affecting the precursors to red blood cells but not to white blood cells.

Ratio

Medical; Medical research

The quantitative relation between two amounts showing the number of times one value contains or is contained within the other.

Stroke

Medical; Medical research

A brain attack. It happens when the blood supply to the brain is interrupted and the brain doesn't get the oxygen it needs.

Maintenance therapy

Medical; Medical research

A medical therapy that is designed to help a primary treatment succeed.

Thromboembolic

Medical; Medical research

Occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus that has broken away from a thrombus.

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