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Myelinization
The formation of the myelin sheath around a nerve fiber. Also known as myelination
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- VAQTA See: Varus.
- Doctor-assisted suicide The term in the UK for physician-assisted suicide
- System, sympathetic nervous A part of nervous system that accelerates the heart rate, constricts blood vessels, and raises blood…
- Marriage, cousin A form of consanguinity. Everyone carries recessive alleles, genes that are generally innocuous in the…
- Disease, Anderson-Fabry See: Fabry disease
- Dermatofibroma A common type of benign skin tumor that is small, slow-growing, typically firm, red-to-brown and most often…
- Veins, ophthalmic The orbital cavity is drained by paired veins called the superior and inferior ophthalmic veins. The superior…
- Baby teeth See: Primary teeth
- NCV Nerve conduction velocity. See: Nerve conduction velocity test
- Ribonucleoprotein (RNP) A combination of ribonucleic acid (RNA) and protein. In autoimmune diseases, antibodies can form against…