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Blot, Northern
A technique in molecular biology, used mainly to separate and identify pieces of RNA. Called a Northern blot only because it is similar to a Southern blot (which is named after its inventor, the British biologist M.E. Southern). There is…
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Show more- MRI, endorectal An MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) done from inside the rectum. To do such as MRI, a surface coil within an…
- BAEP (brainstem auditory evoked potentials) See: ABR test
- Tophi The plural of tophus
- Flatfoot 1. A foot in which the arch of the instep is flattened and the entire sole touches the ground. See…
- Pregnancy-associated malaria A specific syndrome that occurs only in pregnant women and that is characterized by the accumulation in the…
- Mittelschmerz The occurrence of symptoms of mania and depression together. A person may feel sad and hopeless while at the…
- Therapy, maintenance See: Maintenance therapy
- Glucosamine A molecule derived from the sugar glucose by the addition of an amino (NH2) group, glucosamine is a component…
- Retrosternal Behind the sternum (the breastbone)
- Anemia, Fanconi See Fanconi anemia
- Blueberry root See: Blue cohosh
- Protein-losing enteropathy A condition in which there is excessive loss of plasma protein into the intestine. Protein-losing enteropathy…