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Finished DNA sequence
A DNA sequence in which the bases are identified to an accuracy of no more than 1 error in 10,000 and are placed in the right order and orientation along a chromosome with almost no gaps. A finished sequence is as opposed to a draft DNA…
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- Cancer, colon A malignancy that arises from the inner lining of the colon. Most, if not all, of these cancers develop from…
- Cephalgia Headache. (One of those things we all know but that defies an easy definition.) Literally, headache is an…
- Dressler syndrome Pericarditis (inflammation of the pericardium, the sac-like covering of the heart) after a heart attack…
- Surgeon General In the United States, the chief medical officer of the U.S. Public Health Service (USPS), the agency…
- Perichondrial To do with the perichondrium, a dense membrane composed of fibrous connective tissue that closely wraps all…
- Syndrome, cauda equina See: Cauda equina syndrome
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- Pedodontics Children's dentistry.
- Histology The study of the form of structures seen under the microscope. Also called microscopic anatomy, as opposed to…