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Lobar
Having to do with a lobe. For example, lobar pneumonia.
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- Crick-Brenner experiment An elegant and important experiment performed in 1961 by Francis Crick and Sydney Brenner. The experiment…
- DNA sequence, finished A DNA sequence in which the bases are identified to an accuracy of no more than 1 error in 10,000 and are…
- GSS Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker. See: Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome
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- Vein, pulmonary One of four vessels that carry aerated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart. (The four are…
- Wellcovorin See: Leucovorin
- Yard In length, 3 feet or 36 inches or, metrically, 91.44 centimeters. The yard, along with the foot and inch, are…
- Enterocolitis, Crohn See: Crohn disease
- Institute on Deafness and Communication Disorders S, National (NIDCD): One of the US National Institutes of Health. The mission of the National Institute on…
- Seizure, automatic See: Automatic seizure