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Analysis, linkage
Study aimed at establishing linkage between genes. Today linkage analysis serves as a way of gene-hunting and genetic testing. Linkage is the tendency for genes and other genetic markers to be inherited together because of their location…
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- Edentulism Without teeth. Complete loss of all natural teeth can substantially reduce quality of life, self-image, and…
- Psychotherapy Psychotherapy: The treatment of a behavior disorder, mental illness, or any other condition by psychological…
- Negative calorie diet The Negative calorie diet is a weight loss concept based upon the premise that consumption of foods with a…
- Region, regulatory A region of a chromosome that controls gene expression. In terms of DNA, it is a regulatory sequence
- Microscopy, electron Too small a body. A child with microsomia has significant undergrowth. The prefix "micro-" is derived from…
- Legal medicine The branch of medicine that deals with the application of medical knowledge to legal problems and legal…
- Semen DNA analysis Surface EMG.
- Enteral nutrition Pertaining to the small intestine. Also called (less often) enteral.
- HSAN III Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy III. See: Familial dysautonomia.
- Status epilepticus An epileptic seizure that lasts more than 30 minutes; a constant or near-constant state of having seizures…
- OR (abbreviation) Stands for 'operating room'. A facility equipped for performing surgery. OR is sometimes written O.R.