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A type of electronic display unit used on devices from watches to clinical laboratory instruments. It is very efficient and consumes little energy or power.  

A means of performing a Papanicolaou test in which the head of the plastic spatula used to obtain cells from the endocervix is inserted directly into a vial containing a fluid cellular preservative. The vial is spun in the laboratory, and a pellet of pure cells is obtained. This cellular layer is then deposited on…

The therapeutic application of air that is so cold as to be liquefied.  

An agent that converts a solid into a liquid.  

Interpreting what is being said by watching the speaker’s lip and facial movements and expression. This method is used as a means of speech discrimination by people with hearing impairments. A method of comprehending speech through the interpretation of mouth and tongue movements. Lip-reading is frequently employed by individuals with hearing impairments.  

Any of a group of eicosanoids formed by the action of phospholipases on cell membrane phospholipids. Some lipoxins have anti-inflammatory effects, but some promote inflammation and hypersensitivity reactions.  

An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of the double bonds of an unsaturated fatty acid.  

A vaccine suspended in vegetable oil.  

Congenital absence or extreme smallness of the mouth.  

A device used in plastic surgery to carve out unwanted fat and create smooth contours beneath the skin.