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Development
The process of growth and differentiation.
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Show more- Placenta, supernumerary A succenturiate or accessory placenta
- Foot The end of the leg on which a person normally stands and walks. The foot is an extremely complex anatomic…
- Syndrome, de Lange See: de Lange syndrome
- Sharp Medical slang for a needle or similar pointed object
- Brown, Michael Stuart American physician, biochemist and molecular geneticist (1941-) who shared the Nobel Prize for research on…
- Restitution In cytogenetics, the spontaneous rejoining of broken chromosomes to reconstitute the original chromosome…
- Rodney K. Beals See: Beals, Rodney K.
- On call In medicine, the person who is ready to respond, the one on duty. As in 'Who is the doctor on call this…
- Drusen Tiny yellow or white deposits in the retina of the eye or on the optic nerve head. The presence of drusen is…
- Subacute spongiform encephalopathy See: Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome
- Health outcomes research The measurement of the value of a particular course of therapy. Health outcomes research is based on the…
- Milwaukee brace One of the two main types of braces used to treat the lateral curve of the spine in scoliosis. This brace can…