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Random misclassification
Errors in the necessary information (e.g., in exposure measurement) that are not related to the state of disease. This is the case if equal proportions of subjects in the groups, which are compared, are classified incorrectly with respect to exposure or disease. Also known as nondifferential misclassification. This type of misclassification dilutes the true difference…
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Raloxifene hydrochloride
This drug is a selective estrogen receptor modulator and acts as an antiosteoporotic drug.
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Raffinose
A trisaccharide that is difficult to digest but can be digested by gut flora to result in gas (flatulence) and short-chain fatty acids. A trisaccharide, melitose, present in certain plants, cereals, and fungi. Hydrolysis yields fructose and melibiose.
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Rabeprazole sodium
Proton pump inhibitor; antiulcerative drug.
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Rabbit fever
Tularemia. Caused by the microorganism Fmcisella tularensis. Symptoms include ulcerous lesions of skin, headache, chills, and fever. Organism frequently is carried by wild game.
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Quinapril hhydrochloride
Ace inhibitor, antihypertensive drug.
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Quick breads
Baked flour products made without yeast using baking powder or baking soda as the leavening agent. A type of bread that relies on baking soda, baking powder, air, or steam, in lieu of yeast, to produce the necessary rise during the baking process. Consequently, it expands while baking without requiring any preliminary time for the…
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Quantitative computed tomography
An imaging technique consisting of an array of X-ray sources and radiation detectors aligned opposite each other. As X-ray beams pass through the subjects, they are weakened or attenuated by the tissues and picked up by the detectors. The signals are then compared using a computer, which can construct a cross section of the body…
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Q cycle
A part of the electron transport chain; shuttles reducing equivalents back and forth through the inner mitochondrial membrane.
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Pyrroloquinoline quinone
Also called ethoxatin; cofactor for the copper-dependent lysyl oxidase in the cross-linking of collagen and elastin.
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