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Small inducible cytokine A2
See: MPC1
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- Drug-resistant tuberculosis See: Tuberculosis, drug-resistant
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- Tuna A fish about which there are several health concerns. One concern involves carbon monoxide that prevents the…
- Vaccinia, progressive See Progressive vaccinia
- EST (expressed sequence tag) A unique stretch of DNA within a coding region of a gene that is useful for identifying full-length genes and…
- Test, allergy skin Allergy skin: Test done on the skin to identify the allergy substance (the allergen) that is triggering the…
- Galton, Sir Francis English advocate of eugenics, the idea of improving the physical and mental makeup of the human species by…
- Inguinal orchiectomy Surgery to remove the testicle, with the incision made through the groin.
- Nodular Bumpy.