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Codon
A set of any three adjacent bases in the DNA or RNA. There are 64 different codons of which 61 specify the incorporation of an amino acid into a polypeptide chain while the remaining three are stop codons that signal the end of a…
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- Radium The celebrated radioactive element discovered by Marie and Pierre Curie in 1898
- Cleft palate An opening in the roof of the mouth (the palate) due to a failure of the palatal shelves to come fully…
- Fetal infant An extremely low birth weight infant. A very, small infant. One, for example, with a birth weight of 400 to…
- Acute respiratory disease A sudden condition in which breathing is difficult and the oxygen levels in the blood abruptly drop lower…
- Mutism, akinetic A state in which a person is unspeaking (mute) and unmoving (akinetic). A textbook on clinical neurology…
- Strollerobics The supportive framework of an organ (or gland or other structure), usually composed of connective tissue…
- Voice box The voice box, or larynx, is the portion of the respiratory (breathing) tract containing the vocal cords…
- Homo sapiens The primate species of mammal to which modern humans belong. Homo sapiens is Latin for knowing man or wise man
- Cal (Calorie) Italian-born American oncologist who was a leader in developing and testing drugs to treat Hodgkin's…
- Herpetiform virus A virus with the characteristic shape and behavior of a virus in the herpes family. Not all members of the…