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Female pelvis
The lower part of the abdomen located between the hip bones in the female. There are significant differences in the anatomy of the pelvis in the female and male. The female pelvis is more delicate, wider and not as high as the male pelvis…
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Show more- GJB2 A gene that provides instructions to make a protein called gap junction beta 2. Mutations in the GJB2 gene…
- Neurotoxic Poisonous to nerves or nerve tissue. Mercury and lead are neurotoxic
- Flow karyotyping Use of flow cytometry to analyze and/or separate chromosomes on the basis of their DNA content
- Benign melanoma See: Melanoma, benign
- Transcription Making an RNA copy from a sequence of DNA (a gene). Transcription is the first step in gene expression
- Proximal See: Myotonic dystrophy type 2.
- Prepuce, inflammation of the Inflammation of the prepuce (the foreskin of the penis) is called posthitis. In the uncircumcised male…
- Cholecystectomy Adding=0 width='100%' border=0> ODYvAlign=top bgColor=#cccccc colSpan=2> vAlign=top width='100%'…
- Thoracic Pertaining to the chest
- Cholera genome The genome of the bacterium called Vibrio cholerae that causes cholera. This genome contains over 4 million…
- Vision, tubular See: Tubular vision; Tunnel vision
- ANA Antinuclear antibody, an unusual antibody directed against structures within the nucleus of the cell. ANAs…