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Evolution
The continuing process of change, especially in reference to natural selection. Charles Darwin (1809-82) noted that successful species produce more offspring in each generation than are needed to replace the adults who die. Not all…
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- Plasticity, brain See Neuroplasticity
- Diagnosis, retrospective See: Retrodiagnosis
- Asthma, thermally induced Asthma, thermally induced asthma: Asthma that is 'triggered' by vigorous physical activity. Exercise-induced…
- Bug, reduviid See: Reduviid bug
- Argyria Silver poisoning resulting in ashen gray discolored skin (and other tissues of the body). Due to long-term…
- Cloacal exstrophy A birth defect involving the pelvic area that is termed a malformation sequence and involves the cloaca. A…
- International AIDS Vaccine Initiative See: IAVI
- Renal osteodystrophy Renal osteodystrophy: A combination of bone disorders usually caused by chronic kidney failure (renal…
- Hypoplasia Underdevelopment or incomplete development of a tissue or organ. For example, there can be hypoplasia…
- Scarlatina Also called scarlet fever, a disease caused by infection with group A streptococcal bacteria that occurs in a…
- Cyst, Baker A swelling in the space behind the knee (the popliteal space) composed of a membrane-lined sac filled with…