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Olivopontocerebellar
Pertaining to three particular parts of the brain -- namely, the oliva, the pons, and the cortex of the cerebellum. The oliva (olive) is a rounded prominence on the surface of the medulla oblongata in the brain. The olivopontocerebellar…
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- Family therapy A type of psychotherapy designed to identify family patterns that contribute to a behavior disorder or mental…
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- Drosophila genome All of the genetic information contained in Drosophila, the fruitfly. The genomes of particular nonhuman…
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