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- Snoring Snoring: A rough rattling noise made on inspiration during sleep by vibration of the soft palate (the back of…
- Microphthalmia syndrome, Lenz Tattooing.
- Leptomeninges The two innermost layers of tissues that cover the brain and spinal cord. The two layers are called the…
- Monogenic Pertaining to one gene. As opposed to polygenic
- Dysarthria Speech that is characteristically slurred, slow, and difficult to produce (difficult to understand). The…
- Compound fracture A fracture in which the bone is sticking through the skin. Also called an open fracture. NTER> Note that a…
- Polyploid Three or more full sets of chromosomes. A polyploid brain tumor cell might for example have 69 or 92…
- Resting phase More appropriately called interphase. The interval in the cell cycle between two cell divisions when the…
- Adenosine deaminase (ADA) An enzyme that plays a key role in salvaging purine molecules