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Testosterone
A 'male hormone' -- a sex hormone produced by the testes that encourages the development of male sexual characteristics, stimulates the activity of the male secondary sex characteristics, and prevents changes in them following castration…
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- Sign of pregnancy See entry to: Pregnancy symptom
- DNA cloning The use of DNA manipulation procedures to produce multiple copies of a single gene or segment of DNA
- Pregnancy, tubal An ectopic pregnancy that takes place in the Fallopian tube. Tubal pregnancies are due to the inability of…
- Disease, Quincke's This is angioneurotic edema (or angioedema), a form of localized swelling of the deeper layers of the skin…
- Ribozyme An RNA molecule that can catalyze its own chemical reactions
- Corpus luteum cyst This type of functional ovarian cyst occurs after an egg has been released from a follicle. After this…
- Y-linkage The presence of a gene on the Y chromosome. Y-linkage is analogous to X-linkage (the presence of a gene on…
- Neuroblastoma Neuroblastoma: A leading childhood form of cancer that arises in the adrenal gland or in tissue in the…
- Hormone, cortisol The primary stress hormone. Cortisol is the major natural glucocorticoid in humans
- Myalgia, epidemic Also known as Bornholm disease, this is a temporary illness that is a result of virus infection. The disease…