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RNA virus, negative-strand
See: Negative-strand RNA virus
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- Nevi The plural of nevus
- Snake stick A stick or rod with a snake curled around it is the staff (the rod) of Aesculapius (also called Asklepios)…
- Vesicles In dermatology, vesicles are small blisters, most often on the skin. Vesicles also can crop up on the mucous…
- Somatic cell nuclear transfer The transfer of the nucleus from a somatic cell into an egg from which the nucleus has been removed
- Supertaster A supertaster has an unusually large density of taste buds, each surrounded by pain fibers
- Birth defects, study of Birth defects, study of: The study of birth defects is now usually called dysmorphology. Dysmorphology is a…
- Tongue base See: Base of tongue
- Dystrophia brevicollis congenita See: Klippel-Feil sequence
- Thalidomide baby An infant affected by prenatal exposure to the drug thalidomide. This medication was prescribed to pregnant…
- Syndrome, long QT See Long QT syndrome
- Subscapular Under the scapula, like the subscapularis muscle, which originates beneath the scapula.