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Neural
Having to do with nerve cells
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Show more- Sequence, complementary Nucleic acid sequence of bases that can form a double- stranded structure by matching base pairs. For…
- Knee, artificial Total knee replacement, a surgical procedure in which damaged parts of the knee joint are replaced with…
- Collapsing pulse See: Pulse, water hammer
- Stewart See: Stewart, Alice
- Sarcoidosis Sarcoidosis: A disease of unknown origin that causes small lumps (granulomas) due to chronic inflammation to…
- Keratitis, acanthamoeba See: Acanthamoeba keratitis
- Autosomal Pertaining to a chromosome that is not a sex chromosome; relating to any one of the chromosomes save the sex…
- Formication The illusion or hallucination that ants or other insects are creeping on or under the skin. Formication is a…
- R/O Medical abbreviation for rule out
- Fish oil, omega-3 A class of fatty acids found in fish oils, especially from salmon and other cold-water fish, that acts to…
- IgG Immunoglobulin G, a major class of immunoglobulins found in the blood, including many of the most common…
- Clonic seizure A seizure in which there are generalized clonic contractions with the entire body jerking, but without a…