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CpG
In genetics, a site where cytosine (C) lies next to guanine (G) in the DNA sequence. (The p indicates that C and G are connected by a phosphodiester bond.) Methylation of DNA occurs at any CpG site
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- EBM Evidence-based medicine
- Antimetabolite A drug that is similar enough to a natural chemical to participate in a normal biochemical reaction in cells…
- Reflux The term used when liquid backs up into the esophagus from the stomach
- Skute barbata See: Scutellaria barbata
- Cranial nerve, third The third cranial nerve is the oculomotor nerve. The cranial nerves emerge from or enter the skull (the…
- Post-term infant An overly mature baby that has not been born until well after the usual term pregnancy. A post-term baby is…
- Serratus posterior inferior One of the serratus muscles of the back and thorax. The serratus posterior inferior muscle originates…
- Rash, vesicular A raised, blistery rash
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