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Gynecoid
Like a woman, womanly, female. The word gynecoid comes from the Greek gyno, gynaikos meaning woman. Gyneco-, gyno-, gyn-, and gyne- are combining forms meaning woman. For example: > >Gynecoid obesity: Fat distribution in a female fashion…
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- Nucleic acid hybridization A technique in which single-stranded nucleic acids (DNA or RNA) are allowed to interact so that complexes…
- Hyperthermia : Overheg of the body. This may be due to extreme weather conditions. Unrelieved hyperthermia can lead to…
- Trypanosoma cruzi The parasitic microorganism that causes Chagas disease. See: Chagas disease
- Myositis Inflammation of muscle tissue. There are many causes of myositis, including injury, medications, and diseases
- Gaucher disease Gaucher disease: A series of 5 diseases due to deficient activity of the enzyme glucocerebrosidase, leading…
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- Karyotype A standard arrangement of the chromosome complement done for chromosome analysis. For example, a normal human…
- Hair loss Hair loss: Hair loss is the thinning of hair on the scalp. The medical term for hair loss is alopecia…