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Seedrin
Trade name of the insecticide aldrin. See: Aldrin and dieldrin
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Show more- Transcription Making an RNA copy from a sequence of DNA (a gene). Transcription is the first step in gene expression
- Electrolarynx A battery-operated instrument that makes a humming sound to help people who have lost their larynx to talk
- Talc A very soft, soapy-feeling mineral that is a silicate of magnesium, sometimes with small amounts of aluminum…
- System, immune A complex system that is responsible for distinguishing us from everything foreign to us, and for protecting…
- Tone deafness The inability to recognize musical tones or reproduce them. Also called amusia
- Lights, flashing A sensation of flashing lights is created when the vitreous (the clear, jelly-like substance that fills the…
- Fasciolopsis The giant intestinal fluke. See: Fasciolopsis.
- Anergy A state of immune unresponsiveness. Induced when the T cell's antigen receptor is stimulated, effectively…
- Atlantoaxial Pertaining to the first and second cervical vertebrae which meet at a joint called the atlantoaxial joint…
- Symphysis pubis The area in the front of the pelvis where the pubic bones (the two bones of the pubis) meet
- Curable Amenable to a cure, capable of being cured, to being healed and made well. Most skin cancers, fortunately…
- Emergency birth control See: Emergency contraception