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Genome, cow
See: Bovine genome
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- Angle-closure glaucoma This condition can be acute or chronic. It consists of increased pressure in the front chamber (anterior…
- Lymphatics Small thin channels similar to blood vessels that do not carry blood, but collect and carry tissue fluid…
- Heterotrisomy Trisomy of different chromosomes. The occurrence of two children in the same family, one with trisomy 18 and…
- Phlebotomus fever See: Sandfly fever
- Anemia, Biermer's Anemia, Biermer's: A blood disorder caused by a lack of vitamin B12. Patients who have this disorder do not…
- Salaam In a medical context, a seizure that looks like a sudden deep bow from the waist. Salaam seizures are…
- Autolysis The enzymatic digestion of cells by enzymes present within them. The cells most susceptible to autolysis tend…
- Artery, splenic A large artery within the abdomen that arises from an arterial vessel called the celiac trunk, which emerges…
- Balance, sense of Our sense of balance is regulated by a complex interaction of the following parts of the nervous system: >…
- Stones, cystine kidney Cystine kidney stones are due to cystinuria, an inherited (genetic) disorder of the transport of an amino…
- Pimple A small papule or pustule. Pimples are sebaceous glands (oil glands) that are infected with bacteria, become…