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E Culture Collection as: Although little known to the general public, the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) is a key resource for medical research. It is the world's premier biological culture repository. The ATCC assures medical and…
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Show more- Cervical vertebra, second The second cervical vertebra is called the axis. It is so-named because the uppermost cervical vertebra…
- Taenia dentata Taenia solium
- Avuncular 1. Literally, relating to an uncle. 2. Figuratively, suggestive of an uncle, as in geniality. 3 In medical…
- PKD Short for phenylketonuria. See: Phenylketonuria.
- Adenomatous polyposis coli, autosomal recessive See: MYH
- Blepharospasm Involuntary forcible closure of the eyelids. The first symptom may be uncontrollable blinking. Only one eye…
- Deformity, cauliflower-ear Deformity, cauliflower-ear: Destruction of the underlying cartilage framework of the outer ear (pinnae)…
- Hemidiaphragm Half of the diaphragm, the muscle that separates the chest cavity from the abdomen and that serves as the…
- Melanoma Melanoma: The most dangerous form of skin cancer, a malignancy of the melanocyte, the cell that produces…
- Gene amplification Making multiple copies of a gene. Repeated copying of a gene. Gene amplification plays a role in cancer…
- PVC Premature ventricular contraction. See: Extrasystole
- Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) Deficiency of G6PD is the commonest disease-causing enzyme defect in humans affecting an estimated 400…