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Base excision repair
A process of DNA repair in which an altered base is excised (removed) by a DNA glycosylase enzyme, followed by excision of the resulting sugar phosphate. The small gap left in the DNA helix is then filled in by the sequential action of DNA…
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Show more- Imbibe 1. To drink, especially alcoholic beverages. 2. To absorb or take up fluid.From the Latin imbibere (to drink…
- Cystinuria Cystinuria: An inherited (genetic) disorder of the transport of an amino acid (a building block of protein)…
- Ascariasis Infection with Ascaris lubricoides, the intestinal roundworm, the most common worm infection in humans…
- Eastern equine encephalitis Abbreviated EEE. A mosquito-born viral disease. The EEE virus normally is found in freshwater swamp birds and…
- Trip-hammer pulse See: Pulse, water hammer
- Stool The solid matter discharged in a bowel movement
- Hecht syndrome A striking genetic disorder in which abnormally short muscles in the jaw make it impossible to open the mouth…
- Guinea pig 1.Cavia porcellus, also known as Cavia cobaya, a plump rodent native to South America brought to Europe by…
- Alveolitis Inflammation of the alveoli, the air sacs in the lungs
- CBC A commonly used abbreviation in medicine that stands for complete blood count, a set values of the cellular…
- Fluorosis A much-used anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called antimetabolites. Full name…
- Pulmonary artery catheter Also called a Swan-Ganz catheter. A light flexible balloon-tipped tube that is introduced into the pulmonary…