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A pre-existing structure into which an insert can be moved. In molecular biology, a gene conversion process in which the old gene is replaced with a copy of a silent gene and the new copy becomes active. As the process involves replacing…
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- Biceps The biceps is a muscle that has two heads or origins. In Latin, biceps means two-headed and is derived from…
- Essential 1. Something that cannot be done without.2. Required in the diet, because the body cannot make it. As in an…
- Argyria Silver poisoning resulting in ashen gray discolored skin (and other tissues of the body). Due to long-term…
- Refraction test Also termed vision test, the refraction test is an examination that tests an individual's ability to see an…
- Bacterial prostatitis, chronic Prostatitis, chronic: Longstanding bacterial infection of the prostate gland superimposed on a defect in the…
- Iatr- Prefix relating to a physician or medicine. An iatrogenic illness is one inadvertently caused by a physician…
- Fecundity The ability to have children, usually lots of them with ease. Etymology:'Fecundity' comes from the Latin…
- Perineum The area between the anus and the scrotum in the male and between the anus and the vulva (the labial opening…
- Paradoxical embolism Passage of a clot (thrombus) from a vein to an artery. When clots in veins break off (embolize) , they travel…
- Doula 1. A non-medical assistant in childbirth. A doula is not the father but is usually a woman who is experienced…
- Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy See: Corneal dystrophy, Fuchs endothelial