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Development
The process of growth and differentiation.
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Show more- Randomly In a random manner, as by chance alone. The participants in the trial were randomly assigned to receive…
- Liver transplant Liver transplant: Surgery to remove a diseased liver and replace it with a healthy liver (or part of one)…
- Antibody, antithyroglobulin An antibody directed against thyroglobulin which is a key protein in the thyroid gland essential to the…
- Antisepsis Prevention of infection by inhibiting or arresting the growth and multiplication of germs (infectious…
- Klumpke paralysis See: Klumpke palsy
- PARK1 Familial Parkinson disease type 3
- Quiescence Inactivity, quietness. In cells, quiescence is the state of not dividing. In neurons (nerve cells)…
- Cortisol The primary stress hormone. Cortisol is the major natural GLUCOCORTICOID (GC) in humans
- JCI The Journal of Clinical Investigation, a highly regarded biomedical journal
- Transplant, kidney See: Kidney transplant
- Pes planum Flat feet
- Implant, brainstem See: Brainstem implant