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SCYA2
Small inducible cytokine A2. See: MPC1
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- Amalgam In dentistry, an alloy of mercury, silver, tin, etc. used in dental restorations
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- C (cytosine) C stands for cytosine, a DNA nucleotide that which is one member of the base pair in DNA consisting of…
- Progeny The children and other descendants. For example one might say that the progeny of someone with a genetic…
- Hera In Greek mythology, a protector of women, who with her daughter Eileithyia was often called upon during…
- Legg-Calve-Perthes disease A hip disorder in children due to interruption of the blood supply to the head of the femur (the ball in the…
- Obtund To dull or blunt. From the Latin obtundere, to blunt
- Pathology The study of disease. Pathology has been defined as 'that branch of medicine which treats of the essential…
- Peritoneal Having to do with the peritoneum