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Show more- Generalized anxiety disorder Abbreviated GAD. A condition characterized by 6 months or more of chronic, exaggerated worry and tension that…
- Active tuberculosis See: Tuberculosis, active
- Clinical trial See: Clinical trials. See also: Inconclusive clinical trial; Negative clinical trial; Non-inferior clinical…
- Transporter gene The ability of genes to change position on chromosomes, a process in which a transposable element is removed…
- Epilation Removal of body hair, including the hair root, by means of electrical device, tweezer, or wax. Epilation may…
- GFP Green fluorescent protein
- Thalassemia, alpha A blood disorder, thalassemia is not one disease but rather a group of disorders that have a single feature…
- Th1 A distinct type of T-helper cell. See: T-helper cell
- Pollices The thumbs. The plural of pollex. See: Pollex
- Clitoral cancer See: Cancer of the vulva
- Perchloric acid See: Perchlorate
- Randomize To use chance alone to assign or arrange. For example, the investigators may randomize the participants in a…