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SCYA2
Small inducible cytokine A2. See: MPC1
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- Development The process of growth and differentiation.
- Gesell Developmental Schedules A measure of child development devised by the American child psychologist and pediatrician Arnold Gesell…
- Carboxyhemoglobin Hemoglobin that has carbon monoxide instead of the normal oxygen bound to it. Carbon monoxide has a much…
- Strollerobics The supportive framework of an organ (or gland or other structure), usually composed of connective tissue…
- Genome, roundworm See: Yeast genome.
- Lymphocytic leukemia, acute (ALL) Leukemia, acute (ALL): A rapidly progressing form of leukemia in which there are too many very young…
- Repeat In genetics, two or more adjacent copies of an identical pattern of nucleotides in the DNA, as in tandem…
- Probability The likelihood that something will happen. For example, a probability of less than .05 indicates that the…
- R-2 Street term for Rohypnol
- Vitreous type Stickler syndrome Stickler syndrome, type I. See: Stickler syndrome