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Heteroploid
A different chromosome number than the normal number of chromosomes
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- Fear of thunderstorms An abnormal and persistent fear of thunderstorms. Sufferers experience anxiety even when they realize the…
- Blood pressure The blood pressure is the pressure of the blood within the arteries. It is produced primarily by the…
- Singultus A rarely used medical word for an ordinary hiccup. A hiccough is an extraordinary type of breathing movement…
- Murmur A sound due to vibrations from the flow of blood through the heart or great vessels. A murmur may be innocent…
- Flu Short for influenza. The flu is caused by viruses that infect the respiratory tract which are divided into…
- Hepatitis G A virus first identified in 1995 that is genetically related to the hepatitis C virus but which does not…
- Tumor marker, NSE Neuron-specific enolase (NSE) is a substance that has been detected in patients with certain tumors, namely…
- Klippel-Feil deformity See: Klippel-Feil sequence