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Xeno- (prefix)
Foreign or other. As in: > >Xenoantigen -- An antigen that is found in more than one species. >Xenograft -- A surgical graft of tissue from one species an unlike species, genus or family. >Xenotransplantation -- Transplantation from one…
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Show more- Memory, recent Short-term memory. Also called working memory. Recent memory is a system for temporarily storing and managing…
- Suicide Suicide: The act of causing ones own death. Suicide may be positive or negative and it may be direct or…
- Leukemia, chronic lymphocytic The most common form of leukemia in adults, in which the lymphocytes may look fairly normal but are not fully…
- Directives, advance Known also as advance medical directives, these are documents that pertain to treatment preferences and the…
- Microdosimetry A technique for measuring the microscopic distribution of energy, useful with different types of radiation…
- Stenosis, spinal See: Spinal stenosis
- Achondrogenesis A genetic disorder of bonwe resulting in short-limbed dwarfism. There are a number of different types of…
- Oropharynx The area of the throat that is at the back of the mouth. The oropharynx is in contrast to the nasopharynx…
- Prothrombin A coagulation (clotting) factor that is needed for the normal clotting of blood. A cascade of biochemical…
- Jenner's method The production of immunity to a disease by inoculation of an attenuated form of the virus causing the…
- Denver Developmental Screening Test The Denver Developmental Screening Test (DDST) is a widely used assessment for examining children 0-6 years…
- Nonsyndromic Not part of a syndrome. Hearing loss, for instance, can be syndromic or nonsyndromic