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Watson, James
American biologist (1928-) who, with Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins, shared the 1962 Nobel prize in Medicine and Physiology, 'for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information…
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- IBD (inflammatory bowel disease) A group of chronic intestinal diseases characterized by inflammation of the bowel -- the large or small…
- Hepatic An artery that distributes blood to the liver, pancreas and gallbladder as well as to the stomach and…
- Hyperplasia, endometrial A condition characterized by overgrowth of the lining of the uterus. Hyperplasia means overgrowth. The…
- Leukomalacia, cystic periventricular Softening of the white matter near the ventricles of the brain resulting in abnormal cysts. Cystic…
- Neutrophilia More than the normal number of neutrophils, a type of white blood cell (specifically a form of granulocyte)…
- Angiostrongyliasis Infection with the parasitic nematode (roundworm) Angiostrongylus. The two species that infect humans are A…
- Penicillium notatus The species of bread mold that produces penicillin. See also: Penicillin history
- Corpus amygdaloideum See: Amygdaloid nucleus
- Granulation That part of the healing process in which rough, pink tissue containing new connective tissue and capillaries…
- Recessive, X-linked A gene on the X chromosome that expresses itself only when there is no different gene present at that locus…
- PPD 1. Postpartum depression. 2. Purified protein derivative (the PPD skin test for tuberculosis)