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Mycobacterium
A large family of bacteria that have unusually waxy cell walls that are resistant to digestion. The mycobacteria includes: > >Mycobacterium avium -- which causes tuberculosis in birds and immunodeficient people; >Mycobacterium leprae --…
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- UROD Uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase, an enzyme required for the synthesis of heme, a part of the hemoglobin…
- Gynecomastia Excessive development of the male breasts. Temporary enlargement of the breasts is not unusual or abnormal in…
- USFDA The United States Food and Drug Administration (best known as the FDA) is an agency within the U.S. Public…
- Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita A rare autoimmune skin disease with blisters. In epidermolysis bullosa acquisita (EBA) the body attacks its…
- Gene, housekeeping See: Housekeeping gene
- Salk vaccine Vaccine against poliomyelitis named for Dr. Jonas Salk who developed and introduced it in 1955. It was the…
- Type II error The statistical error (said to be 'of the second kind' or beta error) made in testing an hypothesis when it…
- Hurricane A regionally specific name for a strong tropical cyclone. The term hurricane applies in the North Atlantic…
- Hyperplasia A condition in which there is an increase in the number of normal cells in a tissue or organ
- Electrocoagulation The coagulation (clotting) of tissue using a high-frequency electrical current applied locally with a metal…
- Proxi- Toward the beginning, the nearer of two (or more) items. For example, the proximal end of the femur is part…