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Fiber, elastic
See: Elastic fiber
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- Antidepressant, tricyclic One of a class of medications used to treat depression. The tricyclic antidepressants are also used for some…
- Major gene A gene that is necessary and sufficient by itself to cause a condition. For example, the APC gene is a major…
- Screening mammogram Mammogram: A mammogram (an X-ray of the breast) in women who have no signs of breast cancer. It usually…
- Patent (adjective) Open, unobstructed, affording free passage. Thus, for example, the bowel may be patent (as opposed to…
- TGA 1. Transient global amnesia.2. Transposition of the great arteries
- Enterococcus Bacteria normally found in the feces of people and many animals. Two types of enterococci -- Enterococcus…
- Systemic-onset juvenile chronic arthritis See: Arthritis, systemic-onset juvenile rheumatoid
- Nephrologist A medical specialist in nephrology (the study of the kidney or 'kidney-ology')
- Lamarckism The theory of acquired characteristics put forth by Jean-Baptiste P.A. Lamarck (1744-1829), a French…
- Beta-defensin See: Defensin
- Section, lower segment Cesarian (LSCS) A Cesarian section in which the surgical incision (cut) is made in the lower segment of the uterus