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Toc- (prefix)
Stemming from the Greek word 'tokos' meaning childbirth, we have toc-, toco-, tok-, and toko- as combining forms, all referring to labor or childbirth
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- Fugue state The complete order of bases in a gene. This order determines which protein a gene will produce.
- Gyneco- Combining form pertaining to women, as in gynecoid. From the Greek gyno, gynaikos meaning woman
- Vaginal fornix The anterior (front) and posterior (back) recesses into which the upper vagina is divided. These vaultlike…
- Da Vinci, Leonardo The father of anatomic art. The architect, scientist, engineer, inventor, poet, sculptor and painter…
- Itch, seabather's An intensely itchy rash due to contact with the tiny thimble jellyfish (Linuche unguiculata). These jellyfish…
- Syringoma A benign (non-cancerous) skin tumor that derives from eccrine cells, specialized cells that are related to…
- Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy A genetic disorder of the heart characterized by increased growth (hypertrophy) in thickness of the wall of…
- Vaccination, hepatitis B Hepatitis B: Hepatitis B (hep B) vaccine gives prolonged protection, but 3 shots over a half year are usually…
- Stem cell harvest, peripheral blood A technique for obtaining stem cells from the patient's blood for use in bone marrow transplantation. They…
- E. coli Short for Escherichia coli, the colon bacillus, a bacterium that normally resides in the human colon. E. coli…