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Placental chorioangioma
A benign vascular (blood vessel) tumor of the placenta (afterbirth). Large chorioangiomas cause complications including excess amniotic fluid (polyhydramnios), maternal and fetal clotting problems (coagulopathies), premature delivery…
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- Expiration date The date for a drug estimated for its shelf life with proper storage in sealed containers away from harmful…
- Incubator In biotechnology. an apparatus in which environmental conditions can be set and controlled. Incubators are…
- Keratolytic Pertaining to keratolysis, the softening and shedding of the horny outer layer of the skin. A keratolytic…
- Syndrome, complete androgen insensitivity A genetic disorder that makes XY fetuses insensitive (unresponsive) to androgens (male hormones). Instead…
- B-type natriuretic peptide A 32-amino-acid polypeptide secreted by the ventricles of the heart in response to excessive stretching of…
- Trichinellosis A disease that comes from eating raw or undercooked pork or wild game that is infected with the larvae of a…
- SiRNA Abbreviation for small inhibitory RNA, a short sequence of RNA which can be used to silence gene expression