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A unit of radioactivity representing 106 disintegrations per second.    

Ru. A hard, brittle, metallic element of the platinum group; atomic weight 101.07, atomic number 44.  

In psychology, a loss of interest in the environment, the fixation on a single object, and the narrowing of concentration of emotional or other interests.  

Tuberculosis of the cervical vertebrae and their articulations.  

One of several members of an order of parasitic fungi (Uredinales), all of which are parasitic on plants. Many of these are allergens.  

The toxin from Russell’s viper. It is used to investigate disorders of blood coagulation, such as are present in antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, factor V Leiden deficiency, and others.  

A small spherical hyaline body found in cancerous and simple inflammatory growths.  

A rare condition in which the uterine muscles are torn apart by the stresses of unrelieved obstructed labor, the parting of an old cesarean delivery scar, or aggressive induction or augmentation of labor.  

A disruption of the epithelium that separates the external auditory canal from the middle ear. This can occur as a result of trauma, or more often as a consequence of a middle ear infection.  

A rupture of a fallopian tube, a surgical emergency in ectopic pregnancy. This may occur without the woman’s knowledge of her pregnancy.