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Hepatitis G
A virus first identified in 1995 that is genetically related to the hepatitis C virus but which does not cause hepatitis and, in fact, is not known to be responsible for any disease. Infection with the virus seems to be beneficial to…
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Show more- Gland 1. A group of cells that secrete a substance for use in the body. For example, the thyroid gland. 2. A group…
- Cephaly Familiar abbreviation of the name of one of the cephalic disorders, a series of congenital condition that…
- Aspartic acid An amino acid, one of the 20 building blocks of protein. A amino acid that is not essential to the human…
- Gland, salivary One of the glands in the mouth that produce saliva. There are 3 major salivary glands. They are the parotid…
- Selenosis Selenium poisoning. Selenium posioning may be acute (short-term) or chronic (long-term). The effects of acute…
- VATER association A nonrandom association of birth defects. VATER is an mnemonic in which the letters V, A, T, E, and R each…
- Basic Local Alignment Search Tool Abbreviated BLAST. A computer program that identifies homologous genes in different organisms (such as worms…
- Infection, adenovirus Infection with one of a group of viruses responsible for a spectrum of respiratory disease as well as…
- Neoplastic Pertaining to a neoplasm or neoplasia. See those terms for more information.
- T4 Thyroxine, a thyroid hormone. The number 4 is sometimes in subscript
- Intraductal papilloma A benign, wart-like growth that occurs in breast ducts
- Dressler syndrome Pericarditis (inflammation of the pericardium, the sac-like covering of the heart) after a heart attack…