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Y map
The array of genes on the Y chromosome. Once thought to be a genetic wasteland, the Y now is known to contain at least 20 genes. Some of these genes are unique to the Y including the Y-chromosome sex-determining region and male fitness…
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Show more- Hemorrhage Bleeding or the abnormal flow of blood. The patient may have an internal hemorrhage that is invisible or an…
- Mansfield, Peter British scientist (1933-) who shared the 2003 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with the American…
- Prosthesis An artificial substitute or replacement of a part of the body such as a tooth, eye, a facial bone, the…
- Leptomeningeal Having to do with the leptomeninges, the two innermost layers of tissues that cover the brain and spinal…
- Osteogenesis imperfecta type 1 An inherited connective tissue disorder featuring bone fragility and blue sclerae (blue whites of the eyes)…
- Temporal bone A large irregular bone situated at the base and side of the skull. The temporal bone is connected with the…
- Protein-losing enteropathy A condition in which there is excessive loss of plasma protein into the intestine. Protein-losing enteropathy…
- H. floresiensis See: Homo floresiensis
- Glaucoma detection You may know of the 'air puff' test or other tests used to measure eye pressure in an eye examination. But…
- Corns Corns: Small calloused areas of skin caused by local pressure irritating tissue over a bony prominence. Corns…
- Syndrome, Pendred See Pendred syndrome
- Bell 1. Bell's palsy.2. Bell, Charles