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Juvenile-onset diabetes
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- Mutation, null A mutation (a change) in a gene that leads to its not being transcribed into RNA and/or translated into a…
- Cellulitis Cellulitis: An acute spreading bacterial infection below the surface of the skin characterized by redness…
- Felty's syndrome Felty's syndrome: A complication of long-standing rheumatoid arthritis. See: Felty syndrome.
- Chondroplasia The formation of cartilage by specialized cells called chondrocytes
- Pharmacogenomics The study of how variations in the human genome affect the response to medications. The older term…
- Cancer, uterus See: Uterine cancer
- Ovary The female gonad, the ovary is one of a pair of reproductive glands in women. They are located in the pelvis…
- Gyno- Combining form pertaining to women. From the Greek gyno, gynaikos meaning woman
- Intercellular junction A specialized region of connection between two cells
- Epidermoid carcinoma A type of lung cancer in which the cells are flat and look like fish scales. Also called squamous cell…
- Juvenile polyposis An autosomal dominant disorder in which polyps develop throughout the gastrointestinal tract in the first…