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Cancer, esophageal
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- Osteitis Osteitis is inflammation of the bone. For example, patients with what is called the SAPHO syndrome develop…
- Ultrasound during pregnancy Ultrasound imaging has been done during pregnancy for over three decades. It has proven to be a very useful…
- Nosebleed Nosebleed: Its medical name is epistaxis.
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- Racemose A descriptive term for something that is in a cluster or bunch. From the Latin 'racemus' meaning 'a cluster…
- Library, cDNA A collection of DNA sequences generated from mRNA (messenger RNA) sequences. This type of DNA library…
- Colinearity 1. In general, the arrangement of one sequence in the same linear order as another sequence.2. In…