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Anticoagulant
Any agent used to prevent the formation of blood clots. Anticoagulants have various uses. Some are used for the prophylaxis (prevention) or the treatment of thromboembolic disorders. Thrombi are clots. Emboli are clots that break free…
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Show more- Gene markers Detectable genetic traits or distinctive segments of DNA that serve as landmarks for a target gene. Markers…
- Satellite DNA DNA that contains many tandem (not inverted) repeats of a short basic repeating unit. Satellite DNA is…
- Latent Hidden, dormant, inactive. The virus that causes chickenpox remains latent after the initial attack of…
- MHC Major histocompatibility complex
- Glutamic acid An amino acid, one of the 20 building blocks of protein. A nonessential amino acid, glutamic acid is present…
- Therapy, biological Treatment to stimulate or restore the ability of the immune (defense) system to fight infection and disease…
- Test, allergy skin Allergy skin: Test done on the skin to identify the allergy substance (the allergen) that is triggering the…
- Bradycardia A slow heart rate, usually defined as less than 60 beats per minute. The word bradycardia is logically…
- Double-blind Term used to described a study in which both the investigator or the participant are blind to (unaware of)…
- Danlos syndrome Better known today as Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS), this is an inherited disorder with easy bruising, joint…
- HMS1 Homosexuality 1. An alleged gene for human male homosexuality. See: Gay gene
- Ovary, dermoid cyst of the A bizarre tumor, usually benign, in the ovary that typically contains a diversity of tissues including hair…