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Anovular
Not accompanied by ovulation, the release of an ovum (egg) from the ovary. Synonymous with anovulatory
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Show more- Representational oligonucleotide microarray The production of offspring. Reproduction need not be sexual. Yeast can reproduce by budding.
- SKY (spectral karyotype) Karyotype: A visualization of all of the chromosomes in the genome all together with each chromosome labeled…
- Allergic purpura See: Schonlein-Henoch purpura
- Fibril The diminutive of fiber. A small fiber, a fine thread
- Myokymia Continuous involuntary muscle twitchings that give the appearance of wormlike rippling of muscle. The muscle…
- Arthr- See: Arthro-
- Caudal anesthesia Anesthesia produced by injection of a local anesthetic into the caudal canal, the sacral portion of the…
- Lancing device A device that holds a lancet firmly, and when triggered, moves the lancet linearly ahead to prick the skin in…
- Test, pharmacologic stress There are a diversity of pharmacologic stress tests. Here this refers specifically to a pharmacologic cardiac…
- Immunogenetics The genetics (inheritance) of the immune response. For example, the study of the Rh, ABO and other blood…
- Insertion Chromosome abnormality due to insertion of a segment from one chromosome into another chromosome.
- Diagnosis 1 The nature of a disease; the identification of an illness. 2 A conclusion or decision reached by diagnosis…