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Although little known to the general public, the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) is a key resource for medical research. It is the world's premier biological culture repository. The ATCC assures medical and other biological…
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Show more- St. Anthony's fire The intensely painful burning sensation in the limbs and extremities caused by ergot, the consequence of a…
- Commotio cordis Sudden cardiac arrest from a blunt, nonpenetrating blow to the chest. The basis of the cardiac arrest is…
- Vagus nerve A remarkable nerve that supplies nerve fibers to the pharynx (throat), larynx (voice box), trachea…
- Dysplasia, congenital hip The abnormal formation of the hip joint in which the ball at the top of the thighbone (the femoral head) is…
- Nanism Once known as dwarfism, this condition is now correctly called short stature.
- Kiddiecam See: Kiddie cam
- Sequence, intervening An intervening sequence is the part of a gene that is initially transcribed from the DNA into RNA…
- Pondimin See: Fenfluramine
- Von Recklinghausen disease Neurofibromatosis type 1
- Test, auditory brainstem response A widely used test of the newborn baby as to their neurologic status and developmental progress. The…
- Artic health Health in the vast geographic region widely surrounding the North Pole, an area that encompasses all or…
- Anemia, Biermer's Anemia, Biermer's: A blood disorder caused by a lack of vitamin B12. Patients who have this disorder do not…