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Dizziness: Encyclopedia - Dizziness
Dizziness (Latin: "Vertigo") is the sensation of instability. The term is fairly vague, and can include a number of more specific conditi...
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Meclizine: Encyclopedia Ii - Meclizine - Uses
Meclizine - Motion Sickness.
Meclizine is effective in inhibiting the symptoms of motion sickness, such as nausea, vomiting, and dizzin...
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Dizziness: Encyclopedia Ii - Dizziness - Causes
Inner ear causes:
benign paroxysmal postural vertigo
labyrinthitis
Meniere's disease
perilymphatic fistula
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Diphenhydramine: Encyclopedia - Diphenhydramine
Diphenhydramine
2-(Diphenylmethoxy) -N,N-dimethylethylamine hydrochloride.
Antihistaminic
Motion sickness
Sedative
Tardive dyskinesia
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Meclizine: Encyclopedia Ii - Meclizine - Risks Of Use
Meclizine - Drowsiness.
Drowsiness may result as a side effect of taking Meclizine. While the effects are less than Dramamine, users ar...
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Antiemetic: Encyclopedia - Antiemetic
An antiemetic is a drug that is effective against vomiting and nausea. Antiemetics are typically used to treat motion sickness and the si...
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Sea-sickness: Encyclopedia Ii - Sea-sickness - Cause
Human beings instinctively seek to remain upright by keeping their centre of gravity over their feet. The most important way this is achi...
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Sea-sickness: Encyclopedia Ii - Sea-sickness - Prevention And Remedy
Over-the-counter and prescription medications such as dramamine are readily available. Some sufferers find that wearing special wristband...
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Ginger: Encyclopedia Ii - Ginger - Medicinal Uses
Medical research has shown that ginger root is an effective treatment for nausea caused by motion sickness or other illness. Although ver...
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Ginger: Encyclopedia Ii - Ginger - Medicinal Uses
Medical research has shown that ginger root is an effective treatment for nausea caused by motion sickness or other illness. Although ver...
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Vomiting: Encyclopedia Ii - Vomiting - Related Medication
Vomiting - Emetics.
An emetic, such as Syrup of Ipecac, is a substance that induces vomiting when administered orally or by injection. ...
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Fasciculation: Encyclopedia Ii - Fasciculation - Causes And Risk Factors
Fasciculation - Conditions.
The most common cause of persistent fasciculations is benign fasciculation syndrome.
Werdnig-Hoffman disea...
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Euphemism: Encyclopedia Ii - Euphemism - Common Examples
Other common euphemisms include:
restroom for toilet room (the word toilet was itself originally a euphemism). This is an Americanism. A...
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Ménière’s Disease: Encyclopedia Ii - Ménière’s Disease - Famous Sufferers
Alan B. Shepard, the first American astronaut, was diagnosed with Ménière’s disease in 1964, grounding him after only one brief space...
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Euphemism: Encyclopedia Ii - Euphemism - Common Examples
Other common euphemisms include:
restroom for toilet room (the word toilet was itself originally a euphemism). This is an Americanism.
m...
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Animals In Space: Encyclopedia Ii - Animals In Space - 1970s
Two bullfrogs were launched on a one way mission on the Orbiting Frog Otolith satellite on November 9, 1970 to better understand space mo...
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Planetes: Encyclopedia Ii - Planetes - Realism
The story of Planetes takes place in the near future. Unlike many other anime and science fiction productions, special care was given in ...
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Gene Tierney: Encyclopedia Ii - Gene Tierney - Later Life
Years after the tragedy of her daughter Daria, Tierney learned from a fan who approached her that the woman had sneaked out of quarantine...
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Silent Hill: Encyclopedia Ii - Silent Hill - Film Adaptation 2006
Main article: Silent Hill (film)
In 2003 a motion picture based on Silent Hill was announced, with French director Christophe Gans (Broth...
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Alfred Milner 1st Viscount Milner: Encyclopedia Ii - Alfred Milner 1st Viscount Milner - Last Years
Lord Milner retired in February of 1921. Later that year he married Lady Violet Georgina Gascoyne-Cecil, widow of Lord Edward Cecil. He r...
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Ginger Rhizome:
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ginger rhizome: primary uses of ginger are prophylaxis of the nausea and vomiting of motion sickness, dyspepsia, stomachic. It is also...
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Acupressure: Encyclopedia - Acupressure
Acupressure is a traditional Chinese medicine bodywork technique based on the same ideas as acupuncture. It involves placing physical pre...
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Vomiting: Encyclopedia - Vomiting
Vomiting (or emesis) is the forceful expulsion of the contents of one's stomach through the mouth. Although it probably evolved as a mech...
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Balance Disorder: Encyclopedia - Balance Disorder
A balance disorder is a disturbance that causes an individual to feel unsteady, giddy, woozy, or have a sensation of movement, spinning, ...
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Ginger: Encyclopedia - Ginger
Ginger root is used extensively as a spice in many if not most cuisines of the world. Though called a root, it is actually the rhizome of...
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Nausea: Encyclopedia - Nausea
Nausea (Greek Ναυτεία) is the sensation of unease and discomfort in the stomach with an urge to vomit.
Nausea - Causes.
Nausea i...
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Vomiting: Encyclopedia - Vomiting
Vomiting (or emesis) is the forceful expulsion of the contents of one's stomach through the mouth. Although it probably evolved as a mech...
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Herbal Therapy:
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Herbal Therapy, Botanical Therapy, Herbalism
Herbal therapy or botanical therapy or herbalism: employs parts of plants (seed, stem, flowers, root, bark, leaf) for the relief of co...
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Solanaceae: Encyclopedia Ii - Solanaceae - Alkaloids
The Solanaceae are known for possessing a diverse range of alkaloidal glucosides, or simply alkaloids. These nitrogenous chemicals are th...
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Neil Armstrong: Encyclopedia Ii - Neil Armstrong - Test Pilot
Upon graduating from Purdue, Armstrong decided to try and become an experimental test pilot, specifically a research pilot. He applied at...
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Ginger: Encyclopedia Ii - Ginger - Culinary Uses
Young ginger roots are juicy and fleshy with a very mild taste. They are often pickled in vinegar or sherry as a snack or just cooked as ...
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Imax: Encyclopedia Ii - Imax - Content
Although IMAX is an impressive format from a technical perspective, its popularity as a motion picture format has traditionally been limi...
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Krusty: Encyclopedia Ii - Krusty - Biography
The episode "Like Father, Like Clown" (based on the film The Jazz Singer), first released on October 24, 1991, expanded on his origin. Ac...
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Imax: Encyclopedia Ii - Imax - Content
Although IMAX is an impressive format from a technical perspective, its popularity as a motion picture format has traditionally been limi...
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Dylan Dog: Encyclopedia Ii - Dylan Dog - The Character
Dylan Dog, the penniless nightmare investigator, defies the whole preceding horror tradition with a vein of surrealism and an anti-bourge...
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Tuned Mass Damper: Encyclopedia Ii - Tuned Mass Damper - Sources Of Vibration And Resonance
Unwanted vibration may be caused by environmental forces acting on a structure, such as wind or earthquake, or by a seemingly innocent vi...
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Ginger: Encyclopedia Ii - Ginger - Culinary Uses
Young ginger roots are juicy and fleshy with a very mild taste. They are often pickled in vinegar or sherry as a snack or just cooked as ...
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Royal Flying Doctor Service Of Australia: Encyclopedia Ii - Royal Flying Doctor Service Of Australia - The Service Today
The service is still heavily reliant on community support for funding, and is well respected across the country as an organisation that h...
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Vomiting: Encyclopedia Ii - Vomiting - Mechanism
Vomiting is co-ordinated in the vomiting center in the lateral medullary reticular formation in the medulla. Receptors on the floor of th...
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Nausea: Encyclopedia Ii - Nausea - Causes
Nausea is a symptom of many conditions. It is also an adverse effect of many drugs.
In medicine, nausea is a particular problem during so...
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Half-life 2 Controversies And Criticisms: Encyclopedia Ii - Half-life 2 Controversies And Criticisms - Pre-release
Half-Life 2 controversies and criticisms - Source code leak.
Half-Life 2 was merely a rumor until a strong impression at E3 in May 2003...
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Alien Adventure: Encyclopedia Ii - Alien Adventure - Plot
The movie begins with an extraterrestrial humanoid species wandering through space in search of a new world. Encountering an unknown plan...
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Balance Disorder: Encyclopedia Ii - Balance Disorder - Normal Balance Functioning
An organ in our inner ear, the labyrinth, is an important part of the vestibular system which is responsible for balancing the body. The ...
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Histamine: Encyclopedia Ii - Histamine - Histamine Disorder Effects
Histapenia (deficiency of histamine) and histadelia (abundance of histamine) can cause both neurological and physical disorders. Histapen...
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Imax: Encyclopedia Ii - Imax - Technical Specifications
IMAX (15/70)
spherical lenses
15 perforations per frame
horizontal pulldown, from right to left (viewed from base side)
24 frames per se...
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Imax: Encyclopedia Ii - Imax - Imax Dome/omnimax
In the late 1960s the San Diego Hall of Science (now known as the San Diego Space and Science Foundation) began searching North America f...
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Imax: Encyclopedia Ii - Imax - Technical Aspects
The intent of IMAX is to dramatically increase the resolution of the image by using much larger film stock at a resolution of 38720 x 241...
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Half-life 2 Controversies And Criticisms: Encyclopedia Ii - Half-life 2 Controversies And Criticisms - Release And Post-release
Half-Life 2 controversies and criticisms - Release problems.
On November 16, 2004, Half-Life 2 was officially released. While the laun...
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Imax: Encyclopedia Ii - Imax - Imax 3d
To create the illusion of 3 dimensions, the IMAX 3D process uses two camera lenses to represent the left and right eyes. The two lenses a...
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Royal Flying Doctor Service Of Australia: Encyclopedia Ii - Royal Flying Doctor Service Of Australia - A Mantle Of Safety For The Outback
The Service began in 1928, originally as an experiment known as the Aerial Medical Service (AMS) which was to run for a single year. This...
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Neil Armstrong: Encyclopedia Ii - Neil Armstrong - Life After Apollo
Neil Armstrong - Teaching.
Armstrong announced shortly after the Apollo 11 flight that he planned not to fly in space again. He was app...
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Neil Armstrong: Encyclopedia Ii - Neil Armstrong - Apollo 11
After serving as the backup crew for Apollo 8, Neil Armstrong was offered the post of commander of Apollo 11 by Deke Slayton on December ...
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Neil Armstrong: Encyclopedia Ii - Neil Armstrong - Armstrong In Popular Culture
His youth is the source of many apocryphal stories. One involved an amateur astronomer in Wapakoneta called Jacob Zint. In the lead up to...
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Royal Flying Doctor Service Of Australia: Encyclopedia Ii - Royal Flying Doctor Service Of Australia - Flight And Radio: The Fusion Of Two Fledgling Technologies
Victorian Lieutenant Clifford Peel, had heard Flynn's public speeches, and on being shipped out to France for World War I in 1917, sent F...
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Royal Flying Doctor Service Of Australia: Encyclopedia Ii - Royal Flying Doctor Service Of Australia - Success And Continued Success
Within the first year of operations, the service flew approximately 20,000 miles in 50 flights, becoming the first comprehensive air ambu...
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Neil Armstrong: Encyclopedia Ii - Neil Armstrong - Early-apollo Program
On January 27, 1967 Armstrong was in Washington, D.C. with Gordon Cooper, Dick Gordon, Jim Lovell and Scott Carpenter for the signing of ...
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Neil Armstrong: Encyclopedia Ii - Neil Armstrong - Gemini
Neil Armstrong - Gemini 5.
Main article: Gemini 5
The first crew assignment for Neil Armstrong was as backup Command Pilot for Gemini...
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Neil Armstrong: Encyclopedia Ii - Neil Armstrong - Youth
The first child of Stephen Koeing Armstrong and Viola Louise Engel, Neil Armstrong was born at 12:31 am on August 5, 1930 in the front ro...
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Krusty: Encyclopedia Ii - Krusty - Krusty Products
Krusty has endorsed many products and places that are named after him. Here is a partial list.
Krusty Brand Seal of Approval (on everyth...
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Neil Armstrong: Encyclopedia Ii - Neil Armstrong - College
After graduating from high school, in 1946 he started at Purdue University. He was only the second person in his family to attend college...
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Neil Armstrong: Encyclopedia Ii - Neil Armstrong - Korea
The call-up from the navy arrived on January 26, 1949, requiring him to report to Naval Air Station Pensacola for flight training. This w...
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Neil Armstrong: Encyclopedia Ii - Neil Armstrong - Astronaut Selection And Early Training
Neil Armstrong had no defining moment in his decision to become an astronaut. Over four or five months after the announcement that applic...
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Krusty: Encyclopedia Ii - Krusty - Recent History
It has been noted that Krusty was supposedly illiterate in "Krusty Gets Busted" (first released on April 29, 1990), where Sideshow Bob fr...
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Dylan Dog: Encyclopedia Ii - Dylan Dog - Reprints
The first reprint series came out in July 1990, the second in June 1991, and the third in June 1996, this time called Collezione Book (Co...
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Balance Disorder: Encyclopedia Ii - Balance Disorder - Treatment
There are various options for treating balance disorders. One option includes treatment for a disease or disorder that may be contributin...
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Balance Disorder: Encyclopedia Ii - Balance Disorder - Research
Scientists are working to understand the various balance disorders and the complex interactions between the labyrinth, other balance-sens...
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Ginger: Encyclopedia Ii - Ginger - Other Uses
Some members of the BDSM community employ "figging" as part of their repertoire, which features the genital application (typically insert...
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Ginger: Encyclopedia Ii - Ginger - Similar Species
Myoga (Zingiber mioga Roscoe) appears in Japanese cuisine; the flower buds are the part eaten.
Another plant in the Zingiberaceae family,...
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Balance Disorder: Encyclopedia Ii - Balance Disorder - Diagnosis
Diagnosis of a balance disorder is complicated because there are many kinds of balance disorders and because other medical conditions--in...
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Balance Disorder: Encyclopedia Ii - Balance Disorder - Symptoms
When balance is impaired, an individual has difficulty maintaining orientation. For example, an individual may experience the "room spinn...
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Nausea: Encyclopedia Ii - Nausea - Treatment
While short-term nausea and vomiting are generally harmless, they may sometimes indicate a more serious disease. When associated with pro...
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Vomiting: Encyclopedia Ii - Vomiting - Content
As the stomach secretes acid, vomit contains a high concentration of hydronium ions and is thus strongly acidic. The potential physiologi...
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Vomiting: Encyclopedia Ii - Vomiting - Causes
Vomiting may be due to a large number of causes, and protracted vomiting has a long differential diagnosis.
Vomiting - Digestive tract. ...
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Vomiting: Encyclopedia Ii - Vomiting - Social Implications
Vomiting - Nausea inducement in groups.
It is quite common that when one person vomits, others nearby will become nauseated, particular...
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Dylan Dog: Encyclopedia Ii - Dylan Dog - Supporting Characters
Inspector Bloch, Dylan's superior when he worked at Scotland Yard, remained his friend and father figure even after our hero quit the for...
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Dylan Dog: Encyclopedia Ii - Dylan Dog - Annuals
In August 1987 a special annual release was added to the monthly series, called Numero Speciale (Special Issue), with one story longer th...
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Imax: Encyclopedia Ii - Imax - Imax 3d
To create the illusion of 3 dimensions, the IMAX 3D process uses two camera lenses to represent the left and right eyes. The two lenses a...
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Imax: Encyclopedia Ii - Imax - Technical Specifications
IMAX (15/70)
spherical lenses
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24 frames per se...
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Vomiting: Encyclopedia Ii - Vomiting - Social Implications
Vomiting - Nausea inducement in groups.
It is quite common that when one person vomits, others nearby will become nauseated, particular...
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Ginger: Encyclopedia Ii - Ginger - Economics And Distribution
Ginger is grown throughout the tropical areas of the world. The most expensive and highest quality varieties generally come from Australi...
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Imax: Encyclopedia Ii - Imax - Imax Dome/omnimax
In the late 1960s the San Diego Hall of Science (now known as the San Diego Space and Science Foundation) began searching North America f...
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Imax: Encyclopedia Ii - Imax - Technical Aspects
The intent of IMAX is to dramatically increase the resolution of the image by using much larger film stock at a resolution of 38720 x 241...
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Dylan Dog: Encyclopedia Ii - Dylan Dog - The Movie
In 1994 Italian director Michele Soavi directed the film Dellamorte dellamore (known abroad as Cemetery Man or Of Death and Love), with a...
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Dylan Dog: Encyclopedia Ii - Dylan Dog - Trivia
Italian author Umberto Eco said: "I can read the Bible, Homer, or Dylan Dog for several days without being bored."
Dylan Dog was named fo...
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Histamine: Encyclopedia Ii - Histamine - Storage And Release
Most tissue histamine is found in granules in mast cells or basophils. Mast cells are especially numerous at sites of potential injury - ...
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Ginger: Encyclopedia Ii - Ginger - Similar Species
Myoga (Zingiber mioga Roscoe) appears in Japanese cuisine; the flower buds are the part eaten.
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Histamine: Encyclopedia Ii - Histamine - Sleep Regulation
Histamine is released as a neurotransmitter. The cell bodies of neurons which release histamine are found in the posterior hypothalamus, ...
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