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- AIDS dementia complex Dementia complex: A brain disorder that occurs in people with AIDS that causes the loss of cognitive…
- Inguinal Having to do with the groin.
- Lithium Lithium: Lithium carbonate (brand names: Eskalith; Lithobid), a drug used as a mood stabilizer for the…
- Cervical cap A soft rubber cup with a round rim designed to fit snugly around the cervix and act as a barrier…
- JPC Juvenile polyposis coli. See: Juvenile polyposis
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences MS): One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S., NIGMS's mission is to 'support basic biomedical…
- Avian influenza Also called fowl plague, avian flu, and bird flu. A highly contagious viral disease with up to 100% mortality…
- Rheumatism, generalized Rheumatism affecting many and diverse parts of the body, such as fibromyalgia
- Pronucleus A cell nucleus with a haploid set of chromosomes (23 chromosomes in humans) resulting from meiosis (germ-cell…
- Huntingtin The name of the gene responsible for Huntington disease (HD) and of the protein encoded by that gene. The…