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Olfactory apparatus
The entire system needed to have a sense of smell. This system involves at least 1,000 genes for the olfactory receptors. These genes are members of a large family of genes that encode signaling proteins required for the detection and…
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Show more- Spinocerebellar Pertaining to the spinal cord and the cerebellum, as in spinocerebellar ataxia (ataxia with cerebellar…
- Vesiculography The use of special X-ray equipment and a dye to examine the seminal vesicles and related structures…
- Nonsense mutation A mutation (a change) in a base in the DNA that prematurely stops the translation (reading) of messenger RNA…
- Abdominal guarding Tensing of the abdominal wall muscles to guard inflamed organs within the abdomen from the pain of pressure…
- Toxicology The study of the nature, effects and detection of poisons and the treatment of poisoning
- Milzbrand Known also as anthrax, milzbrand is a serious bacterial infection. It is not primarily a human disease but…
- Endodermal Pertaining to the endoderm or to tissues derived from the endoderm
- SSRI A flowering plant, Hypericum perforatum, also known as Perforate St John's wort, that has long been believed…
- Lipoidosis, sphingomyelin Also called Niemann-Pick disease, this is a disorder of the metabolism of a lipid (fat) called sphingomyelin…
- Clinical research trials Clinical research trials: Trials to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of medications or medical devices…
- Fear of oneself An irrational fear of oneself, an intense self-fear that is groundless. Fear of oneself is termed…
- Pachydactyly Thick fingers or toes. A feature, for example, of neurofibromatosis. From the Greek pachys, thick + daktylos…