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Reflex, Babinski
An important neurologic test based, believe it or not, upon what the big toe does when the sole of the foot is stimulated. If the big toe goes up, that may mean trouble. The Babinski reflex is obtained by stimulating the external portion…
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Show more- Chromatids The daughter strands of a duplicated chromosome joined together by a centromere.
- RMSF Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
- Natural pacemaker The natural pacemaker of the heart is the sinus node, one of the major elements in the cardiac conduction…
- Chromosome duplication Part of a chromosome in duplicate. A particular kind of mutation involving the production of one or more…
- Placental chorioangioma A benign vascular (blood vessel) tumor of the placenta (afterbirth). Large chorioangiomas cause complications…
- ELA2 The gene encoding the enzyme elastase 2 (neutrophilic elastase). Mutations in ELA2 cause cyclic…
- Meltdown, genetic A genomic crisis due to an extraordinarily high rate of mutation, a phenomenon known to occur in viruses and…
- Working memory Short-term (recent) memory. Working memory is a system for temporarily storing and managing the information…
- Aortitis Inflammation of the aorta. The causes of aortitis include syphilis or rheumatic fever
- Eskalith See: Lithium
- Fusospirillary gingivitis This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead…
- Beryllium A toxic metal found in ores containing other elements that is used in making metal alloys for nuclear…