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Concatenate
To link together in a chain or in a series. For example, the lymph nodes that appeared enlarged were concatenated, in a row like the links of a chain. The word 'concatenate' comes from the Latin 'concatenare' which was formed from 'com-'…
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- Active immunity The production of antibodies against a specific agent by the immune system. Active immunity can be acquired…
- Abrin A phytotoxin (plant poison) found in the seeds of a plant called the rosary pea or jequirity pea. These seeds…
- Mountain sickness, acute (AMS) Acute mountain sickness (AMS) is the illness that results from being in a high altitude environment. AMS is…
- Abduction In medicine, the movement of a limb away from the midline of the body. Abduction of both legs spreads the…
- Lower leg The lower leg is the bottom segment of the leg: the part below the knee. The lower leg contains two long…
- Kawasaki disease Kawasaki disease: A disease that has nothing to do with the motor bike of the same name but is a syndrome of…
- Monogenic Pertaining to one gene. As opposed to polygenic
- Translocation, Robertsonian A relatively very common and medically significant type of chromosome rearrangement that is formed by fusion…
- Aarskog syndrome See: Aarskog-Scott syndrome
- Steroid A general class of chemical substances that are structurally related to one another and share the same…