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- Cloning, cell The process of producing a group of cells (clones), all genetically identical, from a single ancestor.
- Innervate To supply with nerves. It is a little known fact that the cornea is the most densely innervated tissue in the…
- Catheter, Swan-Ganz The insertion of a tiny tube (a catheter) into a peripheral or central vein to deliver fluids or medication…
- Genoplasty A technology that uses the repair mechanisms normally present in cells to repair gene defects. In genoplasty…
- Perception, auditory The ability to identify, interpret, and attach meaning to sound
- Osteopetrosis Thickening of the bones which become abnormally dense due an inherited defect in bone resorption -- the…
- Fever, splenic Known also as anthrax, splenic fever is a serious bacterial infection. It is not primarily a human disease…
- Brittle diabetes A type of diabetes when a person's blood glucose (sugar) level often swings quickly from high to low and from…
- Weil syndrome A severe form of leptospirosis with liver disease. See: Leptospirosis
- Dura mater Literally, hard mother (in Latin). The outermost, toughest, and most fibrous of the three membranes…