| kuru |
Kuru (also known as laughing sickness due to the outbursts of laughter that mark its second phase) was first noted in New Guinea in the early 1900s. By the 1950s, anthropologists and Australian government officials reported that kuru ("trembling" in the language of the Fore) was rampant among the South Fore, a single census division of approximately 8,000 individuals within the Okapa subdistrict. ...
Ãâó: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuru_(disease)
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| Kurt |
He took the Canadian and world men's championships in 1989, 1990, and 1991, winning the worlds again in 1993. He was world and Canadian champion four times
Ãâó: www.geocities.com/breaumark/cod.html
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| Kussmaul's sign |
1. distention of the jugular veins on inspiration, seen in constrictive pericarditis and mediastinal tumor. 2. paradoxical pulse.
Ãâó: www.merckmedicus.com/pp/us/hcp/thcp_dorlands_conte...
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| KUB |
An X-ray of the abdomen, showing the kidneys, ureters, and bladder.
Ãâó: members.tripod.com/~cripkorner/glossary.html
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| kurtosis |
A quality measure of the peakedness of a data distribution.
Ãâó: www.bridgefieldgroup.com/glos5.htm
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