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DNA (figurative)
The essence or master blueprint of something. Since DNA became widely known to be the genetic material of humans and many other organisms, the term DNA has moved into the popular domaine as a figurative synonym for the basic blueprint, as…
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- D.O. Abbreviation for Doctor of Osteopathy, an osteopathic physician. Osteopathy is a system of therapy founded in…
- Antegrade amnesia Amnesia in which the loss of memory relates to events that occur after a traumatic event. There is inability…
- Minimally invasive lung volume reduction Minimally invasive techniques for reducing the lung volume in advanced emphysema, including COPD, to improve…
- Mental retardation, blindness, deafness, seizures Seizures: A disorder first reported in 1999 by Gustavson and colleagues as a newly recognized X-linked mental…
- PEEP Peeping tom (voyeurism) is a disorder that involves achieving sexual arousal by observing an unsuspecting and…
- Physicians Health Study A very large, long-term, randomized study initiated in 1982 to look at the effects of aspirin and…
- Deficiency, UROD See: UROD deficiency
- EPA 1. The Environmental Protection Agency, a US government agency.2. Eicosapentaenoic acid, one of the principal…
- IgG Immunoglobulin G, a major class of immunoglobulins found in the blood, including many of the most common…
- Stapes A stirrup-shaped bone in the middle ear. The stapes transmits sound vibrations from the incus, another little…
- Frame, open reading See: Open reading frame