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  2. Red blood cell - Wikipedia

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    Red blood cells (RBCs), referred to as erythrocytes (from Ancient Greek erythros 'red' and kytos 'hollow vessel', with -cyte translated as 'cell' in modern usage) in academia and medical publishing, also known as red cells, [1] erythroid cells, and rarely haematids, are the most common type of blood cell and the vertebrate's principal means of delivering oxygen (O 2) to the body tissues—via ...

  3. Display resolution standards - Wikipedia

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    The first commercial displays capable of this resolution include an 82-inch LCD TV revealed by Samsung in early 2008, [44] the Sony SRM-L560, a 56-inch LCD reference monitor announced in October 2009, [45] an 84-inch display demonstrated by LG in mid-2010, [46] and a 27.84-inch 158 PPI 4K IPS monitor for medical purposes launched by Innolux in ...

  4. Obesity - Wikipedia

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    In 2005, the medical costs attributable to obesity in the US were an estimated $190.2 billion or 20.6% of all medical expenditures, [243] [244] [245] while the cost of obesity in Canada was estimated at CA$2 billion in 1997 (2.4% of total health costs). [96] The total annual direct cost of overweight and obesity in Australia in 2005 was A$21 ...

  5. List of countries by mean age at childbearing - Wikipedia

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    The mean age at childbearing indicates the age of a woman at their childbearing events, if women were subject throughout their lives to the age-specific fertility rates observed in that given year. [1] In countries with very high fertility rates women can have their first child at a much younger age than the mean age at childbearing.

  6. Uterus - Wikipedia

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    Different regions of the uterus, and the vagina, displayed and labelled using a 3D medical illustration. In humans, the uterus is located within the pelvic region immediately behind and almost overlying the bladder, and in front of the sigmoid colon. The human uterus is pear-shaped and about 7.6 cm (3.0 in) long, 4.5 cm (1.8 in) broad (side to ...

  7. Gini coefficient - Wikipedia

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    The mean absolute difference is the average absolute difference of all pairs of items of the population, ... Benefits such as subsidized housing, medical care, and ...

  8. Human penis - Wikipedia

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    In human anatomy, the penis (/ ˈ p iː n ɪ s /; pl.: penises or penes; from the Latin pēnis, initially "tail" [1]) is an external sex organ (intromittent organ) through which males urinate and ejaculate.

  9. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    10 μm – mean longest dimension of a human red blood cell [citation needed] 5–20 μm – dust mite excreta [95] 10.6 μm – wavelength of light emitted by a carbon dioxide laser; 15 μm – width of silk fibre [citation needed] 17 μm – minimum width of a strand of human hair [25] 17.6 μm – one twip, a unit of length in typography