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Show more- Euploid The normal number of chromosomes for a species. In humans, the euploid number of chromosomes is 46 with the…
- Pulmonary insufficiency 1. Incomplete closure of the pulmonary valve in the heart, allowing blood to return from the pulmonary artery…
- Hepatic transplant See: Liver transplant
- Wrist The proximal segment (the near part) of the hand consisting of the carpal bones and the associated soft…
- Pneumatic larynx A device that uses air to produce sound, helping a person whose larynx has been removed to talk
- Hallux What the ancient Romans called the big toe. Since hallux was a good enough word for the big toe among the…
- Cutaneous syndactyly A condition in which fingers or toes are joined together, and the joining involves only the skin, not the…
- Keratitis Inflammation of the cornea (the transparent structure in the front of the eye).
- Cell cloning The process of producing a group of cells (clones), all genetically identical, from a single ancestral cell.
- Mycobacterium avium complex (MAP) A bacterium that causes Johne's disease, a form of chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in cattle…
- Nucleic acids See nucelic acid
- Cordectomy 1. Surgical removal of a vocal cord. 2. Surgical removal of part of the spinal cord. From cord + -ectomy…