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FISH
Abbreviation for fluorescence in situ hybridization, a molecular technique used in chromosome studies. FISH employs fluorescent (fluorescein tags) that glow under ultraviolet light to detect the hybridization (the combination) of molecular…
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- Binocular vision The ability to maintain visual focus on an object with both eyes, creating a single visual image. Lack of…
- Muscles, abdominal A large group of muscles in the front of the abdomen that assists in the regular breathing movement and…
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- Bekam Malay name for the practice of cupping. See: Cupping