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Virus, attenuated
To attenuate is to weaken or to make (or become) thin. The word derives from a combination of the Latin prefix 'ad-,' meaning 'to' or 'toward,' and 'tenuis,' meaning 'thin.' The use of 'attenuate' in medicine is not new. In the 16th…
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- Kidney cancer Kidney cancer: Malignancy of the kidney, the organ that is primarily responsible for the removal of metabolic…
- Node, sinoatrial The sinoatrial is one of the major elements in the cardiac conduction system, the system that controls the…
- Dyscrasia Any disease condition, especially in hematology, as in 'blood dyscrasias.' The term 'dyscrasia' was borrowed…
- Acid, nucleic One of the molecules in the chromosomes of living cells and viruses that plays a central role in the storage…
- Cranial arteritis A serious disease characterized by inflammation of the walls of the blood vessels (vasculitis). The vessels…
- Warfarin Warfarin: An anticoagulant drug (brand names: Coumarin, Panwarfin, Sofarin) taken to prevent the blood from…
- Pronucleus A cell nucleus with a haploid set of chromosomes (23 chromosomes in humans) resulting from meiosis (germ-cell…
- Somatropin Growth hormone made by the pituitary gland or a synthetic version of that hormone. Naturally occurring…
- Brachial plexus >Avulsion, the most severe type, in which the nerve is torn from the spine; >Rupture, in which the nerve is…