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Short for postmortem examination (an autopsy)
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- Compress 1. As a noun, a cloth or another material applied under pressure to an area of the skin and held in place for…
- Phosphatase, acid Acid phosphatase is an enzyme that works under acid conditions and is made in the liver, spleen, bone marrow…
- Metrorrhagia Uterine bleeding at irregular intervals, particularly between the expected menstrual periods. Metrorrhagia…
- Heroin addiction Physical addiction to heroin, often with concurrent use of other opiates when heroin itself is not available…
- Paraplegic Pertaining to paraplegia (paralysis of the lower part of the body including the legs)
- Scler- (Or sclero-) A confusing prefix that can refer exclusively to hardness (from the Greek 'skleros' meaning…
- Paediatrics Pediatrics in Great Britain.
- Y-linked gene A gene on the Y chromosome. (Y-linkage is analogous to X-linkage (the presence of a gene on the X chromosome)…
- Coxsackie virus Coxsackie virus: See: Coxsackievirus.
- Incompatibility, Rh The state of mother and fetus having different Rh blood group types so that their Rh types are…
- Draft DNA sequence Sequence of a DNA with less accuracy than a finished sequence. In a draft sequence, some segments are missing…