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Electrophoresis
A process by which molecules (such as proteins, DNA, or RNA fragments) can be separated according to size and electrical charge by applying an electric current to them. Each kind of molecule travels through the medium at a different rate…
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- Jealousy, delusional See: Othello syndrome
- Macroglobulinemia A condition in which the blood contains high levels of large proteins and is too thick to flow through small…
- Eye bank A place to store corneas (the clear 'front window' of the eye) for use in future keratoplasty (surgery to…
- Blood The familiar red fluid in the body that contains white and red blood cells, platelets, proteins, and other…
- Cut An area of severed skin. Wash a cut or scrape it with soap and water, and keep it clean and dry. Putting…
- Colporrhaphy Surgical repair of the vagina. The -rrhaphy part of the word comes from the Greek raphe meaning suture
- Trismus Inability to open the mouth fully. This may be due to spasm of the jaw muscles and be a symptom of tetanus…
- Nonrandom Not by chance alone. Not in keeping with the process by which an outcome is determined solely by chance, for…
- Red jungle fowl genome The genome of Gallus gallus, the ancestor of domestic chickens. See: Chicken genome
- Telomerase An enzyme concerned with the formation, maintenance, and renovation of telomeres, the ends of chromosomes…
- Thermometer, ear A thermometer that registers body temperature via the ear canal. The ear thermometer was invented in 1964 by…