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Recalcitrant
Stubborn. For example, a recalcitrant case of pneumonia stubbornly resists treatment
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Show more- Map, cytogenetic A genetic term referring to the visual appearance of a chromosome when stained and examined under a…
- Inversion, paracentric chromosome A basic type of chromosome rearrangement in which a segment that does not include the centromere (and so is…
- Baldness Medically known as alopecia. There are many types of baldness, each with a different cause. Baldness may be…
- Prognathism An overly prominent jaw.
- Fear of cats An abnormal and persistent fear of cats which produces an undue anxiety reaction even though sufferers…
- Optic glioma A benign tumor on an optic nerve or the optic chiasm (the crossing of the two optic nerves). Optic gliomas…
- P. cepacia Pseudomonas cepacia, a bacterium now known as Burkholderia cepacia. See: Burkholderia cepacia
- Typhus, classic See: Typhus, epidemic
- Wisdom tooth See: Tooth, wisdom
- Slanted ear An ear that is slanted more than usual. Technically, an ear is slanted when the angle of the slope of the…
- Tritiated Containing atoms of tritium (hydrogen-3) in the place of hydrogen (H) in a molecule. See also: Tritiated…
- Surveillance and containment See: Ring vaccination