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- Richard L. Varco See: Varco, Richard L.
- Vesicular rickettsiosis A mild infectious disease first observed in New York City, caused by Rickettsia akari, transmitted from its…
- Cranial nerve VIII The eighth cranial nerve is the vestibulocochlear nerve. The vestibulocochlear nerve is responsible for the…
- Affinity In immunology, the strength of binding interaction between antigen and antibody molecules
- Osteogenesis imperfecta congenita See: Osteogenesis imperfecta type II.
- Null mutation A mutation (a change) in a gene that leads to its not being transcribed into RNA and/or translated into a…
- Fragile site A term devised in 1969 by Frederick Hecht to denote a heritable point on a chromosome where gaps and breaks…
- Aarskog-Scott syndrome A syndrome of wide spaced eyes (ocular hypertelorism), front-facing (anteverted) nostrils, a broad upper lip…
- Heterochromia iridis A difference of color between the iris of one eye and the other. (A person with one brown and one blue eye…
- Yttrium Y 90 ibritumomab tiuxetan An anticancer drug that is a combination of the radioisotope yttrium-90 and a monoclonal antibody, a produced…
- Acute nonlymphocytic leukemia Acute nonlymphocytic leukemia: Abbreviated ANLL. More commonly called acute myeloid leukemia (AML). A quickly…