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Salk Institute
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies , a prominent independent non-profit institution doing basic science research concerned with human health. The Institute in La Jolla, California was founded in 1960 by Dr. Jonas Salk with the…
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Show more- Ablation, endometrial Removal of the lining of the womb. Removing the uterine lining decreases menstrual flow or stops it…
- Alveolar Pertaining to the alveoli, the tiny air sacs in the lungs. The exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes…
- Base sequence The order of the nucleotide bases -- adenine (A), thymine (T), guanine (G), and cytosine (C) -- in a DNA…
- Aphasia, amnesic See Anomia
- Empirical midwife A midwife who has entered the profession as an apprentice to a practicing midwife rather than attending a…
- Pregnancy, acute fatty liver The consumption of alcohol during pregnancy carries the danger of damaging the fetus and causing fetal…
- Supraglottis The part of the larynx above the glottis (where the vocal cords are located). The supraglottic larynx…
- Lentigines When there is one lentigo, there are usually more lentigines
- VER Visual evoked response. A type of electrophysiologic retinal testing
- Oculoauriculovertebral dysplasia See: Goldenhar syndrome
- Macrocytic 1. Any abnormally large cell. The opposite of macrocytic is microcytic (an abnormally small cell). 2. An…
- Buruli ulcer A disorder caused by infection with a member of the family of bacteria that causes tuberculosis and leprosy…