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Effect, founder
A population group with an unusual frequency of a gene due to there having been only a small number of original members ('founders') one or more of whom had that gene. For example, the gene for Huntington disease was introduced into the…
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Show more- Euthanasia, active The active acceleration of a 'good' death by use of drugs etc, whether by oneself or with the aid of a…
- Galactosemia A genetic metabolic disease in which there is a defect in the body's ability to use the sugar galactose. In…
- Drip In medical usage, a drip is not a dull, unattractive person but a device for administering a fluid…
- Care proxy, health A health care proxy is one form of advance medical directive. Advance medical directives pertain to treatment…
- DPT immunization Immunization to protect against diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), and tetanus. DPT immunizations are…
- Nerves, cranial Nerves that emerge from or enter the skull (the cranium), as opposed to the spinal nerves which emerge from…
- Reportable disease A disease that must be reported to federal, state, or local health officials when diagnosed. Reportable…
- Saccular aneurysm An aneurysm that resembles a small sack. A berry aneurysm is typically saccular. An aneurysm is a localized…
- Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type VIIC See: Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, dermatosparaxis type
- Hypovolemic shock See shock.
- Royal Society, the Nerable scientific society in England which in 1665 published one of the first 2 scientific journals in the…
- Ciliary body Part of the eye, the ciliary body is a thin vascular (blood vessel-filled) middle layer of the eye that is…