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Meal moth
A moth that infests both stored grain and cereal products. The moth larvae cause damage in corn meal, packaged foods, bagged grain and grain in storage. Attack is confined to surface layers of stored shelled corn and small grains. In the…
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- Tocolytic Relating to the inhibition of labor, delaying or halting labor
- Helper cell A type of T cell that participates in the immune response by recognizing foreign antigens and secreting…
- SV 40 See: SV40
- Human Development, . . . (NICHD) Of Child Health and (NICHD): One of the US National Institutes of Health, NICHD is in a sense the NIH for…
- Uterus, tipped A slight to dramatic placement of the uterus that orients it toward the back. A tipped uterus is common and…
- JPS Juvenile polyposis syndrome. See: Juvenile polyposis
- Anfinsen, Christian Boehmer, Jr. (1916-1995) American biochemist who shared the 1972 Nobel Prize for work that helped explain the structure…
- Rib >True ribs: The first seven ribs attach to the sternum (the breast bone) in the front and are known as true…
- Residual Something left behind. With residual disease, the disease has not been eradicated
- Urinalysis Urinalysis: A test that determines the content of the urine. Because urine removes toxins and excess liquids…
- Dysplasia, thanatophoric A form of short-limbed (micromelic) dwarfism that usually causes death within the first few hours after…