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Sense
In biology and medicine, the faculty of sensory reception. The ability to convey specific types of external or internal stimuli to the brain and perceive them. Sensory reception occurs through a process known as transduction in which…
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Show more- Glutamate A form of glutamic acid. See: Glutamic acid
- Brown, Michael Stuart American physician, biochemist and molecular geneticist (1941-) who shared the Nobel Prize for research on…
- Nephrotomogram A series of special x-rays of the kidneys. The x-rays are taken from different angles. They show the kidneys…
- Restriction fragment length polymorphism A difference in DNA between people that can be recognized by the use of a restriction enzyme. Referred to as…
- Adult-onset diabetes Type 2 diabetes. See also Diabetes, type 2
- Venereal wart A wart that is confined primarily to the moist skin of the genitals. These warts are due to viruses belonging…
- Operon A set of genes transcribed under the control of an operator gene. More specifically, an operon is a segment…
- European typhus See: Typhus, epidemic
- Placenta, accessory See: Accessory placenta
- Gene deletion The total loss (or absence) of a gene. Gene deletion plays a role in birth defects and in the development of…
- Disorder, attention deficit (ADD) An inability to control behavior due to difficulty in processing neural stimuli. In November, 1998 the…
- Danlos syndrome Better known today as Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS), this is an inherited disorder with easy bruising, joint…