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- Straitjacket Or strait-jacket or strait jacket. 1. A garment shaped like a jacket with long sleeves the ends of which can…
- Alteplase Alteplase: Generic name of a tissue plasminogen activator produced by recombinant DNA technology. The brand…
- DNA, mitochondrial Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is the DNA of the mitochondrion, a structure situated in the cytoplasm of the cell…
- Prothrombin G20210A mutation See: Prothrombin mutation G20210A
- Neuron-specific enolase (NSE) Neuron-specific enolase (NSE) is a substance that has been detected in patients with certain tumors, namely…
- Syndrome, Rett See: Rett syndrome
- Hard palate The bony part of the roof of the mouth. The hard palate is the front of the palate and is in front of the…
- Beta error The statistical error (said to be 'of the second kind' or type II) made in testing when it is concluded that…
- Chronic daily headache See: Headache, chronic daily