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The removal of personal identifying data (e.g., the patient’s name, date of birth, address, phone number, social security number) from a medical record in order to ensure patient confidentiality.  

A 17-ketosteroid excreted in normal male urine. It possesses androgenic activity.  

To remove hydrogen from a chemical compound.  

A physiologically active steroid, C21H2804, isolated from the adrenal cortex. It is important in water and salt metabolism. Also called 11-dehydrocorticosterone.  

A bile salt that stimulates production of bile from the liver.  

A sterol found in the skin and other tissues that forms vitamin D after activation by irradiation.  

A previously used name for dehydroepiandrosterone.  

A device for removing moisture from the air.  

Loss of human qualities, as occurs in psychotic or in previously normal people subjected to torture or mental stress imposed by others. The decline in traits that distinguish a human being from an animal.