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Chlamydia
A type of bacteria one species of which causes an infection very similar to gonorrhea in the way that it is spread, the symptoms it produces, and the long-term consequences. Like gonorrhea, chlamydia is found in the cervix and urethra and…
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- Reduction division The first cell division in meiosis, the process by which germ cells are formed. A unique event in which the…
- HTLV Human T-lymphotropic virus
- Manic-depression Alternating moods of abnormal highs (mania) and lows (depression). Called bipolar disease because of the…
- Alternative Medicine, National Center for Compleme See: National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine
- Virus, human papilloma JC virus.
- General Clinical Research Center (Abbreviated GCRC). See: Clinical Research Center
- Disorder, mathematics A condition characterized by math skills that are significantly below normal, given the person's age…
- Diathesis In medicine, a 'diathesis' is an elegant term for a predisposition or tendency. Thus, a hemorrhagic diathesis…
- Spondylolisthesis Forward movement of one of the building blocks (vertebrae) of the spine in relation to an adjacent vertebra…
- Drug, antihypertensive As the name clearly implies, a drug aimed at reducing high blood pressure (hypertension)
- Genome, Hereford See: Bovine genome