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Mendel, Gregor
The great Moravian/Bohemian biologist (1822-84) who set forth the basic laws that constitute the foundation of classical genetics. Mendelian inheritance is the manner in which genes and traits are passed from parents to their children. The…
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Show more- Cranial nerve, first The cranial nerves emerge from or enter the skull (the cranium), as opposed to the spinal nerves which emerge…
- Parumbilical Near the umbilicus (the 'belly button'). The parumbilical veins are small veins in the front wall of the…
- Sulfonamides The sulfa-related group of antibiotics, which are used to treat bacterial infection and some fungal…
- Mesenteric vein One of the large veins which return blood from the intestines. The inferior (lower) mesenteric vein empties…
- Excisional biopsy A biopsy in which an entire biopsy in which an entire lesion, is removed. A excisional biopsy is in contrast…
- Biliary Having to do with the gallbladder, bile ducts, or bile. The biliary system itself consists of the gallbladder…
- Indicate In medicine, to make a treatment or procedure advisable because of a particular condition or circumstance…
- Memory, short-term A system for temporarily storing and managing information required to carry out complex cognitive tasks such…
- Fredrickson See: Fredrickson, Donald
- Physicians' Desk Reference A thick volume that provides a guide to all prescription drugs available in the United States. Although not…
- Shock, shell The World War I name for what is known today as post-traumatic stress, this is a psychological disorder that…
- CBT Cognitive behavior therapy. See: Cognitive therapy