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OPV
Oral polio vaccine. See Polio vaccine, oral
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Show more- Automatism An unconscious movement that may resemble simple repetitive tics or may be a complex sequence of…
- Subtelomeric Below the telomere, the end of a chromosome. For example, it has been reported that subtle subtelomeric…
- Commotio cordis Sudden cardiac arrest from a blunt, nonpenetrating blow to the chest. The basis of the cardiac arrest is…
- Left ventricle The left lower chamber of the heart that receives blood from the left atrium and pumps it out under high…
- Tooth erosion Tooth erosion is a gradual loss of the normally hard surface of the tooth due to chemical, not bacterial…
- Nonblinded study A clinical trial or other experiment in which the researchers know what treatments are being given to each…
- Quiescent Marked by a state of inactivity, repose, or tranquillity. For example, a quiescent stem cell is a stem cell…
- Whipple disease A form of intestinal malabsorption (an inability to absorb nutrients from the intestine) described in 1907 by…
- Pubic symphysis The joint between the pubic bones in the front of the pelvis. Also called the symphysis pubis
- Dermopathy Any disease of the skin. Synonymous with dermatopathy.
- Ligand A molecule that binds to another. Often, a soluble molecule such as a hormone or neurotransmitter that binds…
- CST3 The gene for cystatin C