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Royal Society, the
Nerable scientific society in England which in 1665 published one of the first 2 scientific journals in the world: the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.' The other was the 'Journal des Scavants' (Scholars) which appeared in…
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Show more- PJS Polycystic kidney disease.
- STS Commonly used abbreviation for 'sequence tagged site.' A short (200 to 500 base pair) DNA sequence that…
- Ingelfinger rule The policy of considering a manuscript for publication only if its substance has not been submitted or…
- Uterus The uterus (womb) is a hollow, pear-shaped organ located in a woman's lower abdomen between the bladder and…
- Viral infection Infection caused by the presence of a virus in the body. Depending on the virus and the person's state of…
- Cubital tunnel syndrome A form of mononeuropathy due to compression or other injury of the ulnar nerve at the elbow. Symptoms of the…
- Descending pathway A nerve pathway that goes down the spinal cord and allows the brain to control movement of the body below the…
- Palsy, laryngeal Paralysis of the recurrent laryngeal nerve, a branch of the vagus nerve (a long and important nerve that…
- Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) The joint that hinges the lower jaw (mandible) to the temporal bone of the skull. It is one of the most…
- Radiograph A film with an image of body tissues that was produced when the body was placed adjacent to the film while…
- Hyperbilirubinemia An elevated level of the pigment bilirubin in the blood. A sufficient elevation will produce jaundice. Some…
- Humor In medicine, humor refers to a fluid (or semifluid) substance. Thus, the aqueous humor is the fluid normally…