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Salk Institute
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies , a prominent independent non-profit institution doing basic science research concerned with human health. The Institute in La Jolla, California was founded in 1960 by Dr. Jonas Salk with the…
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Show more- TSD Abbreviation for Tay-Sachs disease, a genetic metabolic disorder. See: Tay-Sachs disease
- Colon cancer family history A family history of colorectal cancer (CRC). First-degree relatives of people with CRC are themselves at a 2…
- Fracture, greenstick A fracture in which one side of a bone is broken while the other is bent (like a green stick). NTER> A…
- Paul M. Zoll See: Zoll, Paul M.
- TCM Traditional Chinese medicine
- Dacryocystorhinostomy The surgical creation of a passage between the lacrimal sac (tear sac) and the nasal cavity to permit the…
- Crapulence Sickness or indisposition resulting from an excess of drinking (or eating). Crapulence is an almost exact…
- Y-linkage The presence of a gene on the Y chromosome. Y-linkage is analogous to X-linkage (the presence of a gene on…
- Salutary Healthful. Promoting health or well-being; wholesome. From the French salutaire, from the Latin salutaris…
- Malariology The study of malaria. Someone who is versed in malariology is a malariologist
- HBIG Hepatitis B immune globulin, which contains antibodies to hepatitis B virus and offers prompt but short lived…
- Behavior center, moral An area of the brain in what is known as the prefrontal cortex. Children who suffer damage before 16 months…