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Magic bullet
Or, sometimes, silver bullet. 1. The perfect drug to cure a disease with no danger of side effects. The term magic bullet was first used in this sense by the German scientist Paul Ehrlich to describe antibody and, later, the drug salvarsan…
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Show more- Fertilization Fertilization is the process of combining the male gamete, or 'sperm,' with the female gamete, or 'ovum.' The…
- Elbow, golfer's The inner portion of the elbow is a bony prominence called the medial epicondyle. Tendons from the muscles…
- Anterograde Moving forward or extending forward. Anterograde memory is memory for what occurs after an event such as an…
- Chemosis Swelling around the iris (the colored circle that surrounds the pupil) due to edema (swelling) of the bulbar…
- ALS1 See: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 1
- Beta-secretase An enzyme that appears to be directly involved in the early development of Alzheimer's disease…
- Pineal gland A small gland located deep within in the brain. It is believed to secrete melatonin, and may therefore be…
- Fear of solitude An abnormal and persistent fear of solitude, of being alone. Sufferers of this fear experience undue anxiety…
- Clinical trial See: Clinical trials. See also: Inconclusive clinical trial; Negative clinical trial; Non-inferior clinical…
- Pneumoconiosis, coal miner's See: Black lung disease
- P in biochemistry The abbreviation for protein. For example, p53 is a protein (53 kilodaltons in size).
- Leukemia, smoldering A condition in which the bone marrow does not function normally. It does not produce enough blood cells. This…