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Hemoglobin F
Normal fetal hemoglobin, the predominant type of hemoglobin in the fetus and newborn. The F stands for Fetal.
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- Sydenham's chorea See: Sydenham chorea
- Cytosine (C) One member of the G-C (guanine-cytosine) pair of bases in DNA
- Pavlov conditioning The Russian physiologist Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (1848-1936) conditioned dogs to respond in what proved to be a…
- Intercellular junction A specialized region of connection between two cells
- Fibrosis, premacular See: Macular pucker
- Isolate A group in which mating is always between members of the group. For example, the Amish.
- Morpheus In Greek and Roman mythology, the son of sleep and the god of dreams who lay on an ebony bed in a dim-lit…
- Thalidomide baby An infant affected by prenatal exposure to the drug thalidomide. This medication was prescribed to pregnant…
- MTX Abbreviation for methotrexate
- Melanoma, choroidal Malignant melanoma that arises in the eye. See ocular melanoma
- Depression, major Depression, major: A disease that interferes with the ability to work, sleep, eat, and enjoy once pleasurable…