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Laboratory
A place for doing tests and research procedures and preparing chemicals, etc. Although 'laboratory' looks very like the Latin 'laboratorium' (a place to labor, a work place), the word 'laboratory' came from the Latin 'elaborare' (to work…
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- Level 2 biosafety >Level 1 -- This level applies to agents that do not ordinarily cause human disease. >Level 2 -- This level…
- Pheresis Procedure in which the blood is filtered, separated, and a portion retained, with the remainder being…
- Syndrome, hand-foot-and-mouth A clinical pattern consisting of a rash on the hands and feet and in the mouth due to a viral infection. The…
- Hormone, thyroxine A chemical substance made by the thyroid gland The thyroid gland uses iodine to make thyroid hormones…
- Interleukin-4 A protein that stimulates the immune system to develop mast cells, resting T-cells, and activated B-cells…
- Uterus cancer See: Uterine cancer
- Specific developmental disorder A disorder that selectively affects one area of development, sparing essentially all other areas of…
- SAPHO syndrome SAPHO syndrome: SAPHO syndrome is an eponym for a condition which is characterized by a combination of: >…
- Group A strep A well-known strain (a type) of streptococcus (strep) bacteria that can cause strep throat and common skin…
- Chemofog See: Chemobrain
- BASE breast cancer gene A breast cancer gene first reported in 2003 that encodes a protein secreted only by breast cancer and…