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Diabetic retinopathy
A common complication of diabetes affecting the blood vessels in the retina (the thin light-sensitive membrane that covers the back of the eye). If untreated, it may lead to blindness. If diagnosed and treated promptly, blindness is…
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- Pea, jequirity See: Abrin
- DNA, satellite DNA that contains many tandem (not inverted) repeats of a short basic repeating unit. Satellite DNA is…
- Empirical Based on experience and observation, rather than systematic logic. Experienced physicians often use empirical…
- X-linked On the X chromosome. 'Linked' in genetics does not mean merely associated. An X-linked gene travels with the…
- Litmus test 1. A test to determine the acidity and alkalinity of a solution. See: Litmus. 2. Figuratively, any test in…
- Laryngeal Having to do with the larynx (the voice box). NTER>
- Carpal bone One of the wrist bones. There are eight carpal bones that are arranged in two rows. The carpal bones…
- Effects, fetal rubella The constellation of abnormalities, also called the rubella syndrome, caused by infection with the rubella…
- Familial adenomatous polyps, autosomal recessive See: MYH
- Genome, Vibrio cholerae The genome of the bacterium that causes cholera. This genome contains over 4 million bases in its DNA…
- MSTN The gene for myostatin