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Craniosynostosis
Premature fusion of the cranial sutures (the fibrous joints between the bones of the skull) in an infant, preventing normal growth of the baby's head. Craniosynostosis involving some but not all of the sutures causes an abnormally shaped…
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- Artery A vessel that carries blood high in oxygen content away from the heart to the farthest reaches of the body…
- Femur The femur is the bone in the leg that extends from the hip to the knee. The femur constitutes the upper leg…
- Epitope A single antigenic site on a protein against which an antibody reacts
- Chemical terrorism Terrorism using chemical agents. These chemical agents are poisonous gases, liquids or solids that have toxic…
- Cogan syndrome Arteritis (also referred to as vasculitis) that involves the ear. This condition is called Cogan syndrome…
- Agent, antiviral An agent that kills viruses or suppresses their replication and, hence, inhibits their capability to multiply…
- Keratosis follicularis A genetic skin disease characterized by slowly progressive hardening of the skin (keratoses) around the hair…
- Basic Local Alignment Search Tool Abbreviated BLAST. A computer program that identifies homologous genes in different organisms (such as worms…
- Nucleic acids See nucelic acid
- Skin graft, mesh A graft technique in which multiple pieces of skin are carefully arranged to cover an area. This technique is…
- Nymph A nymph is a stage in the life cycle of certain arthropods, as ticks and lice. (Not all nymphs are in Greek…