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KB
1. The skin disease Keratodermia blennorrhagicum. 2. Kilobase of DNA. The preferred abbreviation for kilobase is kb in lower case letters
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- Perionychium The tissue surrounding the nail, whether it be a fingernail or a toenail, including the tissue bordering the…
- Gln Glutamine. See also: Amino acid symbols
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- Sabulous Sandy or gritty. For example, the sludge in bile may be sabulous. And the stony sediment in urine may be…
- SARS Severe acute respiratory syndrome. A severe form of pneumonia which appeared in outbreaks in 2003. See…
- Decubitus ulcer A bed sore, a skin ulcer that comes from lying in one position too long so that the circulation in the skin…
- Arm 1. In popular usage, the appendage that extends from the shoulder to the hand. However, the medical…
- Hereford genome See: Bovine genome
- Isotopic Referring to an isotope, a form of a chemical element with the same atomic number as another element but…
- Growth hormone A hormone made in the pituitary gland that stimulates the release of another hormone called somatomedin by…