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Genetic meltdown
A genomic crisis due to an extraordinarily high rate of mutation, a phenomenon known to occur in viruses and perhaps in other organisms. For example, the antiviral agent Ribavirin acts by inducing genomic meltdown. The drug accelerates the…
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Show more- Granuloma, calcified A calcified granuloma is a granuloma containing calcium deposits. Since it usually takes some time for…
- Blood glucose The main sugar that the body makes from the food in the diet. Glucose is carried through the bloodstream to…
- UROD Uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase, an enzyme required for the synthesis of heme, a part of the hemoglobin…
- Reduviid bug A winged insect. Reduviids include kissing bugs which transmit Chagas disease. See: Chagas disease
- Dissociation In psychology and psychiatry, a perceived detachment of the mind from the emotional state or even from the…
- Sulci The plural of sulcus
- Alveolus One of the tiny air sacs located at the very ends of the bronchioles within the lungs where the exchange of…
- Monocyte chemotactic protein-1 See: MPC1
- Medicare Part A The Medicare program that covers inpatient hospital stays. Medicare is the United States government's health…
- Palate The roof of the mouth. The front portion is bony (hard palate), and the back portion is muscular (soft palate)
- Galton, Sir Francis English advocate of eugenics, the idea of improving the physical and mental makeup of the human species by…
- EPS Stands for ElectroPhysiologic Study, a test of the electrical conduction system of the heart (the system that…