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Probe
(1) In surgery, a probe is a slender flexible rod with a blunt end used to explore, for example, an opening to see where it goes. (2) In molecular genetics, a probe is a labeled bit of DNA or RNA used to find its complementary sequence or…
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- Trench mouth A progressive painful infection of the mouth and throat with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead…
- Empiric risk The chance that a disease will occur in a family based upon experience (past history, medical records, etc.)…
- Graft-versus-host disease A complication of bone marrow transplants in which T cells in the donor bone marrow graft go on the offensive…
- Hypertrophic gastritis See: Giant hypertrophic gastritis
- Endothelial progenitor cell A primitive cell made in the bone marrow that can enter the bloodstream and go to areas of blood vessel…
- Barrett's esophagus Ng=0 width='100%' border=0> ODYvAlign=top bgColor=#cccccc colSpan=2> vAlign=top width='100%'…
- Late infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy See: Hallervorden-Spatz disease
- Parturition Childbirth, the process of delivering the baby and placenta from the uterus to the vagina to the outside…
- PGF Placental growth factor
- Docosahexaenoic acid DHA. An essential fatty acid, thought to be important to the development of infants, particularly as regards…
- Value, Daily See Daily Value