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Disease, Minamata
A disorder caused by methyl mercury poisoning that was first described in the inhabitants of Minamata Bay, Japan. Minamata disease resulted from their eating fish contaminated with mercury industrial waste. The disease is characterized by…
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Show more- RNA interference Abbreviated RNAi. The introduction of double-stranded RNA into a cell to inhibit the expression of a gene…
- BRCA1 A gene that normally acts to restrain the growth of cells in the breast but which, when mutated, predisposes…
- Robertsonian translocation A common and significant type of chromosome rearrangement that is formed by fusion of the whole long arms of…
- Family, nuclear See: Nuclear family
- Syringe A device used in medicine to inject fluid into or withdraw fluid from the body. Medical syringes consist of a…
- Polymorphic Pertaining to a polymorphism, a variation in the DNA that is too common to be due merely to new mutation. A…
- Sac, pericardial See: Pericardial sac
- Chromaesthesia See: Chromesthesia
- Measles immunization The standard MMR vaccine is given to prevent measles, mumps and rubella (German measles). The MMR vaccine is…
- MELAS syndrome MELAS syndrome: MELAS is the acronym for Mitochondrial Encephalopathy, Lactic Acidosis, and Stroke-like…
- Polonies See: Polony
- Tracheostomy button Tracheostomy button: A 1/2- to 1 1/2-inch-long plastic tube placed in the stoma to keep it open