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Skin graft, allogeneic
A skin graft transplanted between people who are not genetically identical. Also called an allograft. An allogeneic skin graft can also be between two mice, between two rabbits, or between any individuals belonging to any single species…
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- Crohn ileitis Inflammation of the ileum (the farthest segment of the small intestine) due to Crohn disease. Crohn disease…
- Plano In practical optics, a surface that has been worked flat
- Tone deafness The inability to recognize musical tones or reproduce them. Also called amusia
- Color, eye See: Eye color. See also: EYCL1; EYCL2; EYCL3
- Ostomy An operation to create an opening from an area inside the body to the outside
- Regulatory gene A gene that regulates the expression of other genes. A regulatory gene is a nosy gene whose prime…
- Monaural Relating to one ear. Hearing aids may be monaural (for one ear) or binaural (for both ears). From monos…
- R-2 Street term for Rohypnol
- Cryoglobulinemia The presence in blood of abnormal proteins called cryoglobulins that, by definition, have the unusual…
- Tetraphocomelia-thrombocytopenia syndrome See TAR syndrome
- VSD A Ventricular Septal Defect, a hole in the septum (the wall) between the lower chambers of the heart (the…