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| each of the two upper cavities of the heart from which blood is passed to the ventricles. The right atrium receives deoxygenated blood from the veins of the body; the left atrium receives oxygenated blood from the pulmonary vein. |
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| Basic research is research that fills in the knowledge we don't have; it tries to learn things that aren't always directly applicable or useful immediately. |
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| Clinical research helps find new and better ways to detect, diagnose, treat, and prevent disease. Types of clinical research include clinical trials, which test new treatments for a disease, and natural history studies, which collect health information to understand how a disease develops and progresses over time. |
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| a microscopic organism, especially a bacterium, virus, or fungus. |
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| relating to, measuring, or measured by the quality of something rather than its quantity. |
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| relating to, measuring, or measured by the quantity of something rather than its quality. |
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| imitation of a situation or process. |
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| a medical instrument for listening to the action of someone's heart or breathing, typically having a small disk-shaped resonator that is placed against the chest, and two tubes connected to earpieces. |
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| any of the tubes forming part of the blood circulation system of the body, carrying in most cases oxygen-depleted blood toward the heart. |
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hollow part or cavity in an organ.
each of the two main chambers of the heart, left and right.
each of the four connected fluid-filled cavities in the center of the brain. |
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| of a process) performed or taking place in a test tube, culture dish, or elsewhere outside a living organism. |
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| The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is a government agency established in 1906 with the passage of the Federal Food and Drugs Act.May 17, 2018 |
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| The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the principal federal agency for health research in the United States. The NIH is part of the Department of Health and Human Services.the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was established in December 1970 by an executive order of United States President Richard Nixon. The EPA is an agency of the United States federal government whose mission is to protect human and environmental health. |
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| As defined by World Health Organization (WHO), it is a "State of complete physical, mental, and social well being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." |
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| Applied research is research that seeks to answer a question in the real world and to solve a problem. |
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