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Environmental medicine
The interactions between risk factors in the environment and human health. Environmental medicine focuses on the causes of disease in an environmental context. The environment creates exposures to many different physical, biological and…
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Show more- Clark level of invasion A method for determining the prognosis (outlook) with melanoma. The method was devised by the pathologist…
- MECP2 (methyl-CpG-binding protein-2) An enzyme which, when mutated, results in RTT (Rett syndrome), a genetic disease that is a uniform and…
- Fibula The lateral (outside) and smaller of the two long bones in the lower leg between the knee and ankle. (The…
- Erythrocyte membrane protein band 4.1 (EPB41) See Elliptocytosis
- Organic 1. A chemical compound that contains carbon.2. Related to an organ.3. Grown or prepared without the use of…
- Follicle, hair See: Hair follicle
- Hyperphosphatemia A higher than normal blood level of phosphate. Phosphate molecules are particularly important as part of…
- Trichloroethylene A possible carcinogenic (cancer-causing) compound used mainly as a degreaser for metal parts…
- Olfactory system See: Olfactory apparatus
- Naso- Prefix referring to the nose. For example, nasogastric refers to the passage from the nose to the stomach
- Smallpox vaccine A vaccine containing a live virus called vaccinia used to prevent smallpox. The vaccine does not contain the…
- Pallidum Part of what are called the basal ganglia of the brain which consist of the globus pallidus and the ventral…