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  2. Family medicine - Wikipedia

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    Family medicine[note 1] is a medical specialty within primary care that provides continuing and comprehensive health care for the individual and family across all ages, genders, diseases, and parts of the body. [2][3] The specialist, who is usually a primary care physician, is named a family physician. [note 2] It is often referred to as ...

  3. Antimicrobial properties of copper - Wikipedia

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    Under these conditions, copper participates in the so-called Fenton-type reaction — a chemical reaction causing oxidative damage to cells. Excess copper causes a decline in the membrane integrity of microbes, leading to leakage of specific essential cell nutrients, such as potassium and glutamate. This leads to desiccation and subsequent cell ...

  4. American Board of Family Medicine - Wikipedia

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    The American Board of Family Medicine is the second largest medical specialty board in the United States. Its purposes include: Improving the quality of medical care available to the public. Establishing and maintaining standards in the specialty of family medicine. Improving the standards of medical education for training in family medicine.

  5. Medical specialty - Wikipedia

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    Medical specialty. A medical specialty is a branch of medical practice that is focused on a defined group of patients, diseases, skills, or philosophy. Examples include those branches of medicine that deal exclusively with children (paediatrics), cancer (oncology), laboratory medicine (pathology), or primary care (family medicine).

  6. Copper - Wikipedia

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    Copper. face-centered cubic (fcc) (cF4) Copper is a chemical element; it has symbol Cu (from Latin cuprum) and atomic number 29. It is a soft, malleable, and ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity. A freshly exposed surface of pure copper has a pinkish-orange color. Copper is used as a conductor of heat and electricity ...

  7. Galvanic corrosion - Wikipedia

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    Galvanic corrosion. Corrosion of an iron nail wrapped in bright copper wire, showing cathodic protection of copper; a ferroxyl indicator solution shows colored chemical indications of two types of ions diffusing through a moist agar medium. Galvanic corrosion (also called bimetallic corrosion or dissimilar metal corrosion) is an electrochemical ...

  8. Verdigris - Wikipedia

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    Verdigris / ˈvɜːrdɪɡriː (s)/ [1] is a common name for any of a variety of somewhat poisonous [2][3][4][5] copper salts of acetic acid, which range in colour from green to a bluish-green depending on their chemical composition. [6]: 132 Once used as a medicine [7][8] and pharmaceutical preparation, [9]: 176 [10] verdigris occurs naturally ...

  9. Corrosion - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Corrosion is a natural process that converts a refined metal into a more chemically stable oxide. It is the gradual deterioration of materials (usually a metal) by chemical or electrochemical reaction with their environment. Corrosion engineering is the field dedicated to controlling and preventing corrosion. [1][2]