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- Human Development, . . . (NICHD) Of Child Health and (NICHD): One of the US National Institutes of Health, NICHD is in a sense the NIH for…
- Supraspinatus muscle >The supraspinatus muscle; >The subscapularis muscle, which moves the arm by turning it inward (internal…
- YAC YAC stands for yeast artificial chromosome, a vector (carrier) created and used in the laboratory to clone…
- Cyclooxygenase inhibitor See: Cox-1 inhibitor; Cox-2 inhibitor
- Sarcoma, Kaposi Sarcoma, Kaposi: A relatively rare type of skin malignancy that tends to afflict elderly people or…
- Ectoderm One of the three primary germ cell layers (the other two being the mesoderm and endoderm) that make up the…
- Hairball A wad of swallowed hair. Hairballs can sometimes be found to cause blockage of the digestive system…
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Drug Abuse (NIDA): One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S., NIDA's mission is to 'lead the…