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Technology, recombinant DNA
A series of procedures used to join together (recombine) DNA segments. A recombinant DNA molecule is constructed (recombined) from segments from 2 or more different DNA molecules. Under certain conditions, a recombinant DNA molecule can…
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- Keratoma An area of hardened skin, usually called a callus
- Syphilis test, VDRL A blood test for syphilis (VDRL stands for Venereal Disease Research Laboratory) that detects an antibody…
- Deficiency, vitamin K A lack of vitamin K resulting in an increase in the clotting time of the blood, impaired clotting and a…
- Deficiency, protein C Protein C is a protein in plasma that enters into the cascade of biochemical events leading to the formation…
- Disease, Norwalk Disease due to Norwalk virus, not one but a family of small round viruses that are an important cause of…
- Electrocoagulation A test that measures the electrical potentials generated in the inner ear in response to stimulation by…
- Myotonic myopathy, proximal See: Myotonic dystrophy type 2
- Autotransplant The process of transplanting tissue from one part of the body to another in the same individual. The…
- Radical neck See: Radical neck dissection
- Anorexic 1. Pertaining to anorexia, lack of appetite.2. A drug or other agent that causes anorexia and so diminishes…
- Metaphase chromosome A chromosome in the stage of the cell cycle (the sequence of events in the life of a cell) when a chromosome…