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Dyscalculia
A specific developmental disability affecting a person's ability to conceptualize and perform mathematics. Mild cases can often be compensated for with use of a calculator, but those with severe dyscalculia will need special education…
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- Hyperglycemic response A response resulting in a high blood sugar and specifically elevating the level of the sugar glucose in the…
- Athlete's feet See: Athlete's foot
- Vitamin B5 Vitamin B5 is pantothenic acid, one of the less well known B vitamins, perhaps because it is widely…
- Osteogenesis The production of bone
- Evolutionarily conserved gene A gene that has remained essentially unchanged throughout evolution. Conservation of a gene indicates that it…
- Attack, vasovagal See: Vasovagal reaction
- MRD Minimal residual disease, evidence for the presence of residual malignant cells, even when so few cancer…
- Selfish operon A hypothesis according to which the clustering of genes and their subsequent organization into operons is…
- Sulfonylurea sensitivity Sensitivity to the hypoglycemic effects of the oral hypoglycemic agents in the sulfonylurea class
- Pro time The pro time (or, more properly, the prothrombin time) is a test of the integrity of part of the clotting…
- Memory, long-term A system for permanently storing, managing, and retrieving information for later use. Items of information…