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Bulbar conjunctiva
That part of the conjunctiva, a clear membrane of the eye, which covers the outer surface of the eye. The other part of the conjunctiva is the palpebral conjunctiva, which lines the inside of the eyelids. The bulbar conjunctiva is also…
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- Sputum The mucus and other matter brought up from the lungs, bronchi, and trachea that one may cough up and spit out…
- DNA (did not attend) In the UK, DNA is an abbreviation for 'did not attend.' (In the US, the term used for a patient who missed an…
- Retinoschisis, X-linked juvenile See: Juvenile retinoschisis
- EBV Epstein-Barr virus, best known as the cause of infectious mononucleosis ('mono'). Infection with EBV is…
- Sleep Sleep: The body's rest cycle. Sleep is triggered by a complex group of hormones that are active in the main…
- Phenotype, Klippel-Feil See: Klippel-Feil sequence
- Transposon A short mobile DNA sequence that can replicate and of which copies can be inserted at random sites within…
- Postremission therapy Chemotherapy to kill leukemia cells that survive after remission induction therapy