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Autoradiography
A technique using X- ray film to visualize molecules or fragments of molecules that have been radioactively labeled. Autoradiography has many applications in the laboratory. Autoradiography can, for example, be used to analyze the length…
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Show more- Conization Surgery to remove a cone-shaped piece of tissue from the cervix and cervical canal. Conization may be used to…
- Oculodentodigital dysplasia A genetic disorder that affects many body structures and systems, including the eyes, face, teeth, fingers…
- Neurological Having to do with the nerves or the nervous system
- Biopsy, brain See: Brain biopsy
- DHEA Dehydroepiandrosterone
- Epilepsy (seizure disorder): When nerve cells in the brain fire electrical impulses at a rate of up to four times…
- Arrhythmias, rapid Abnormally rapid heart rhythms, medically termed tachycardia
- Blister, fever Fever: A small sore situated on the face or in the mouth that causes pain, burning, or itching before…
- Residual Something left behind. With residual disease, the disease has not been eradicated
- Vitamin A deficiency Deficiency of niacin, one of the B-complex vitamins, causes pellagra. See: Pellagra.
- Microscope An optical instrument that augments the power of the eye to see small objects. The name microscope was coined…
- Genome, Yersinia pestis See: Plague bacterium genome