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Abbreviation for gray
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- Parainfluenza A disease due to an acute respiratory infection caused by a parainfluenza virus. Parinfluenza occurs usually…
- Scaffold 1. In genetics, the chromosome structure consisting entirely of nonhistone proteins remaining after all the…
- Animal-to-human transplant Transplant: See Xenotransplantation
- Interleukin-10 Abbreviated IL-10. An antiinflammatory and immunosuppressive substance produced within the body. IL-10 plays…
- DOB Abbreviation standing for the date of birth. As examples, 'DOB: 10/12/97' in the U.S. indicates the date of…
- CAT scan, spiral A conventional computerized axial tomography scan (CAT scan or CT scan) is an x-ray procedure which combines…
- Gum disease Gum disease: Inflammation of the soft tissue (gingiva) and abnormal loss of bone that surrounds the teeth and…
- Slipped disc Rupturing of the tissue that separates the vertebral bones of the spinal column. The center of the disc…
- Binswanger disease A form of dementia with blood vessel abnormalities in the deep white-matter of the brain causing loss of…