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(Encyclopedia)lake dwelling, prehistoric habitation built over the shallow waters of a lake shore or a marsh, usually erected on pile-supported platforms, but sometimes on artificial islands or mounds. Such a site ...artery
(Encyclopedia)artery, blood vessel that conveys blood away from the heart. Except for the pulmonary artery, which carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs, arteries carry oxygenated blood from the hea...Taussig, Helen Brooke
(Encyclopedia)Taussig, Helen Brooke, 1898–1986, American physician, b. Cambridge, Mass., M.D. Johns Hopkins Univ., 1927. She spent her entire career at Johns Hopkins, where she founded the field of pediatric card...Cournand, André Frederic
(Encyclopedia)Cournand, André Frederic ko͞orˈnănd [key], 1895–1988, American physician and physiologist, b. France, B.A. Sorbonne, 1913, M.D. Univ. of Paris, 1930. He emigrated to the United States in 1930 an...sucralose
(Encyclopedia)sucralose: see sweetener, artificial. ...aspartame
(Encyclopedia)aspartame: see sweetener, artificial. ...endocarditis
(Encyclopedia)endocarditis ĕnˌdōkärdīˈtĭs [key], bacterial or fungal infection of the endocardium (inner lining of the heart) that can be either acute or subacute. In the acute form the symptoms (fever, mala...sugar substitute
(Encyclopedia)sugar substitute: see sweetener, artificial. ...adrenal gland
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Adrenal glands: The cross-sectioned area shows the adrenal cortex and medulla. adrenal gland so͞oprərēnˈəl [key], endocrine gland (see endocrine system) about 2 in. (5.1 cm) long situated...Richard Lion-Heart
(Encyclopedia)Richard Lion-Heart: see Richard I, of England. ...Browse by Subject
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