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- Binocular 1. With both eyes, as in binocular vision.2. With two eyepieces, as in a binocular microscope
- Myokymia Continuous involuntary muscle twitchings that give the appearance of wormlike rippling of muscle. The muscle…
- Niacin Niacin: Nicotinic acid, one of the B-complex B vitamins. Deficiency of niacin in the diet results in the…
- Cerebrohepatorenal syndrome A genetic disorder, which is also called the Zellweger syndrome, characterized by the reduction or absence of…
- Diabulimia Patients with type 1 diabetes attempt to control body weight by minimizing insulin dosages. Since insulin…
- Autologous In blood transfusion and transplantation, a situation in which the donor and recipient are the same person…
- Histocompatibility Literally, tissue compatibility. With full histocompatibility between a donor and recipient, tissue can be…
- Hydrops fetalis Gross edema (swelling), usually with anemia, of the fetus. It can be due to Rh blood group incompatibility…
- NF1 (neurofibromatosis type 1) See: Neurofibromatosis type 1
- Complementary sequence Nucleic acid sequence of bases that can form a double- stranded structure by matching base pairs. For…
- Chekhov See: Chekhov, Anton