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Intraocular melanoma
An eye cancer in which the malignant cells arise in the part of the eye called the uvea. The uvea includes the iris (the colored part of the eye), the ciliary body (a muscle in the eye), and the choroid (a layer of tissue in the back of…
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- Arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase-activating protein ALOX5AP. See: FLAP
- Tonotopy The spatial arrangement of where sound is perceived, transmitted, or received. There is tonotopy in the…
- Strait-jacket See: Straitjacket
- Anthropology, forensic Forensic: See: Forensic anthropology
- Mitochondrial genome All of the genetic information contained in the chromosome of the mitochondrion, a structure located in the…
- Lymphatic filariasis A parasitic disease caused by the African eye worm, a microscopic thread-like worm. The adult worms can only…
- Aortic regurgitation The return of blood from the aorta into the left ventricle of the heart due to aortic insufficiency…
- Breast, infiltrating ductal carcinoma of the Infiltrating lobular carcinoma is the second most common type of invasive breast cancer next to infiltrating…
- Snake stick A stick or rod with a snake curled around it is the staff (the rod) of Aesculapius (also called Asklepios)…