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General Clinical Research Center
(Abbreviated GCRC). See: Clinical Research Center
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- Serine An amino acid, one of the 20 building blocks of protein. A dietary nonessential amino acid, serine is present…
- Congenital torticollis A deformity of the neck that is evident at birth. It is due to shortening of the neck muscles. Congenital…
- Fear of blood An abnormal and persistent fear of blood. Sufferers of this very common phobia dread the sight of their own…
- Genome, cholera See: Cholera genome
- Snake stick A stick or rod with a snake curled around it is the staff (the rod) of Aesculapius (also called Asklepios)…
- Small inhibitory RNA See: siRNA
- LSD Lysergic acid diethylamide, an hallucinogen. LSD is an abbreviation of the German term…
- Split-hand/split-foot malformation A genetic malformation syndrome of the limbs with syndactyly, median clefts of the hands and feet, and…
- Red jungle fowl Gallus gallus, the ancestor of domestic chickens