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RNA, messenger
A class of RNA that is the template upon which polypeptides are put together. Abbreviated mRNA
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- Fracture, torus A fracture in which one side of the bone bends, but does not actually break. Torus fractures normally heal on…
- Exstrophy Eversion of a hollow organ at birth. An exstrophic bladder is one that is turned inside out like a rubber…
- Cabbage Soup Diet The Cabbage Soup Diet is a weight loss program designed to be used for seven days with the goal of a rapid…
- Testosterone A 'male hormone' -- a sex hormone produced by the testes that encourages the development of male sexual…
- Trans- (prefix) From the Latin meaning 'across, over, or beyond.' Medical terms containing 'trans- ' as a prefix include…
- Muscle, infraspinatus >The infraspinatus muscle; >The teres minor muscle, which (like the infraspinatus muscle) helps in the…
- Attention The ability to focus selectively on a selected stimulus, sustaining that focus and shifting it at will. The…
- Dermatan sulfate An glycosaminoglycan (formerly called a mucopolysaccharide) found mostly in skin but also in blood vessels…
- Curie (Ci) A unit of radioactivity. (Specifically, the quantity of any radioactive nuclide in which the number of…
- EPT Estrogen/progestin therapy
- PROC Protein C