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- MASA syndrome MASA stands for mental retardation, aphasia, shuffling gait, and adducted thumbs. Features of the syndrome…
- Yeast genome All of the genetic information contained in yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae). The genomes of particular…
- Cor The Latin word for the heart. For example, cor pulmonale is heart disease that results from abnormally high…
- Lymphoma, Burkitt See: Burkitt lymphoma
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- In vivo In the living organism, as opposed to in vitro (in the laboratory).
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- Tick, Rocky Mountain wood See Rocky Mountain wood tick
- Suprarenal gland See adrenal gland.
- Th2 A distinct type of T-helper cell. See: T-helper cell