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Medical jurisprudence
The branch of the law that deals with the application of law to medicine or, conversely, the application of medical science to legal problems. Medical jurisprudence may be involved in cases concerning genetic relationships (eg, paternity…
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Show more- Medial The knee joint is surrounded by a joint capsule with ligaments strapping the inside and outside of the joint…
- HSAN III Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy III. See: Familial dysautonomia.
- Epitope A single antigenic site on a protein against which an antibody reacts
- Labia majora The larger (major) outside pair of labia (lips) of the vulva (the female external genitalia).
- Dyskeratosis congenita An inherited cause of bone-marrow failure, dyskeratosis congenita is a syndrome characterized by abnormal…
- Body mass index A key index for relating a person's body weight to their height. The body mass index (BMI) is a person's…
- Proteomics The study of the proteome, the complete set of proteins produced by a species, using the technologies of…
- Urea A nitrogen-containing substance normally cleared from the blood by the kidney into the urine. Diseases that…
- Palpebral fissure The opening for the eyes between the eyelids.
- FBN1 The fibrillin 1 gene. This gene is mutated in Marfan syndrome, the MASS syndrome, and related disorders of…
- Guarding, abdominal Involuntary tensing of the abdominal wall muscles to guard inflamed organs within the abdomen from the pain…
- G G stands for guanine, one member of the base pair G-C (guanine-cytosine) in the DNA. The other base pair in…