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Minor
A minor is someone who is not yet an adult and, in a larger sense, it is something that is less than something else. For example, the teres minor muscle is smaller than the teres major muscle. In anatomy, wherever there is a minor, there…
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Show more- APL Abbreviation for acute promyelocytic leukemia, a malignancy of the bone marrow in which there is a deficiency…
- Spinal Tap Also known as a lumbar puncture or 'LP', a spinal tap is a procedure whereby spinal fluid is removed from the…
- LVRS Lung volume reduction surgery. See: Lung reduction surgery
- Chromosome, dicentric A chromosome in the stage of the cell cycle (the sequence of events in the life of a cell) when a chromosome…
- Human herpesvirus 5 See cytomegalovirus.
- Bed sore A painful, often reddened area of degenerating, ulcerated skin caused by pressure and lack of movement, and…
- BSL 1. Biosafety level, as in a BSL-4 laboratory. 2.Biohazard safety level. 3.Blood sugar level. 4.British Sign…
- Gram-positive Gram-positive bacteria retain the color of the crystal violet stain in the Gram stain. This is characteristic…
- Promoter In molecular biology, a site on DNA to which the enzyme RNA polymerase can bind and initiate the…
- Unassisted childbirth Birth of a baby without the assistance of an obstetrician, midwife, or other health professional. This may be…
- Fear of horses An abnormal and persistent fear of horses. Sufferers of this fear experience undue anxiety even when a horse…
- Drug, antithyroid A drug directed against the thyroid gland. The antithyroid drugs include carbimazole, methimazole, and…