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Fahrenheit
Thermometer scale in which the freezing point of water is 32°F and the boiling point of water 212°F. The Fahrenheit scale is still obstinately in use in the US. This anachronism requires conversion from Centigrade (°C) to Fahrenheit (°F)…
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- Optician A specialist in fitting eyeglasses and making lenses to correct vision problems. An optometrist performs eye…
- CD40 A receptor molecule on the cell surface of all mature B cells (B lymphocytes), most B-cell malignancies, and…
- Laryngeal framework surgery A surgical technique designed to improve the voice by altering the cartilages of the larynx (the voice box)…
- Nevi The plural of nevus
- Oxygenate To add oxygen to any chemical or physical system, including the human body. Oxygenate can also refer to the…
- Placental bone morphogenetic protein See: MIC-1
- Heterotaxy The abnormal placement of organs due to failure to establish the normal left-right patterning during…
- Bayesian Pertaining to Thomas Bayes (1702-1761) and to probability methods based on Bayes theorem. As in Bayesian…
- History, developmental An account of how and when a person met developmental milestones, such as walking and talking. For adults…
- Multiple personality disorder A neurosis in which the personality becomes dissociated into two or more distinct parts each of which becomes…
- Genes, breast cancer susceptibility Breast cancer susceptibility: Inherited factors that predispose to breast cancer. Put otherwise, these genes…