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Stewart, Alice
(1906-2002) English physician and epidemiologist who discovered the connection between fetal X-rays and childhood cancer. Dr. Stewart found that a single diagnostic X-ray during pregnancy was enough to nearly double the risk of cancer for…
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- Amnion A thin membrane surrounding the fetus during pregnancy. The amnion is the inner of the two fetal membranes…
- Urachus A canal connecting the bladder of the fetus with the allantois, a structure that contributes to the formation…
- Level 2 biosafety >Level 1 -- This level applies to agents that do not ordinarily cause human disease. >Level 2 -- This level…
- Naming diseases See: Disease nomenclature
- Atresia, biliary Congenital absence or closure of the major bile ducts, the ducts that drain bile from the liver. Biliary…
- Atria The plural of atrium. The atria are the two smaller chambers of the heart. Each atrium consists of an open…
- Runx-1 A protein that is a transcription factor controlling when genes are switched on or off. Runx-1 acts by…
- Dose, absorbed In radiology, the absorbed dose is the amount of energy that is deposited in any material by ionizing…
- Ovarian cancer Ovarian cancer: Cancer of the ovary, the egg sac of females. The anatomic location of the ovaries: NTER> Most…
- Hypercapnia More than the normal level of carbon dioxide in the blood. Hypercapnia is as opposed to hypocapnia and…
- Oocyte A female germ cell in the process of development. The oocyte is produced in the ovary by an ancestral cell…