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Centromere
The cinched 'waist' of the chromosome essential for the division and the retention of the chromosome in the cell. The centromere is a uniquely specialized region of the chromosome to which spindle fibers attach during cell division. The…
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Show more- Belly That part of the body that contains all of the structures between the chest and the pelvis. Also called the…
- Chromosome A visible carrier of the genetic information. The 3 billion bp (base pairs) in the human genome are organized…
- Retinal vein, central The blood vessel that carries blood away from the retina of the eye. The counterpart to the central retinal…
- Ordre des Medecins The Conseil National de l'Ordre des Médecins. The French equivalent of the American Medical Association (the…
- Crohn enterocolitis See: Crohn disease
- Tinel's sign An examination test that is used by doctors to detect an irritated nerve. Tinel's sign is performed by…
- Hypervolemic Pertaining to hypervolemia, an abnormal increase in blood volume. For example, hypervolemic hyponatremia…
- Tetranucleotide A sequence of 4 base pairs. (Bases are the building blocks of DNA.) Expansion of a tetranucleotide repeat…
- Molluscicide Synonymous with molluscacide and at least equally hard to say. See: Molluscacide
- Developmental disorder, specific A disorder that selectively affects one area of development, sparing essentially all other areas of…
- Antonomasy See: Antonomasia
- Syndrome, cerebrohepatorenal Syndrome, cerebrohepatorenal: A genetic disorder, which is also called the Zellweger syndrome, characterized…