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Vermiculite
Vermiculite A lightweight and highly water-absorbent micaceous mineral that is sometimes used as a substitute for asbestos.
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Mineral
An inorganic compound needed by the body for good health, proper metabolic functioning, and disease prevention. Examples are calcium, magnesium, and iron.
Asbestos
A fibrous material used to make fireproof materials, electrical insulation, roofing and filters. Asbestos has been linked to a type of lung cancer.
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Vermidol
Vermidol is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): piperazine citrate.
Vermox
Vermox is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): mebendazole.
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Vaccinia
An infection, primarily local and limited to the site of inoculation, induced in man by inoculation with the vaccinia (coxpox) virus in order to confer resistance to smallpox (variola). On about the third day after vaccination, papules form at the site of inoculation which become transformed into umbilicated vesicles and later pustules; they then dry up, and the scab falls off on about the 21st day, leaving a pitted scar; in some cases there are more or less marked constitutional disturbances.
Variola
Syn: smallpox.
Variolation
The historical practice of inducing immunity against smallpox by "scratching" the skin with the purulency from smallpox skin pustules. The first inoculation for smallpox is said to have been done in China about 1022 B.C.
Viremia
The presence of virus in the bloodstream.
Virion
The complete virus particle that is structurally intact and infectious.
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Validation of data
Procedure carried out to ensure that the data contained in the final clinical trial report match original observations.
Validity
The accuracy of the relationship between two or more variables.
Variance (statistics)
A measure of the amount by which a value differs from the mean.
Veganism
The custom of refraining from using, or at least from ingesting, anything derived from animals.
Vital force (bioenergy, cosmic energy, cosmic energy force, cosmic force, cosmic life energy, cosmic
An alleged nonmaterial "force" that sustains life.
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