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Slipped disc
Rupturing of the tissue that separates the vertebral bones of the spinal column. The center of the disc, which is called the nucleus, is soft, springy and receives the shock of standing, walking, running, etc. The outer ring of the disc…
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- Neuropathologist A pathologist who specializes in the diagnosis of diseases of the brain and nervous system by microscopic…
- Termination codon See: Stop codon
- Membranous gingivitis, acute This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead…
- Morton's syndrome A syndrome characterized by a shortened first metatarsal (foot) bone that results in excessive force on the…
- SIDDT Sudden infant death with dysgenesis of testes. SIDDT was first identified in an Old Order Amish community in…
- Amino acid, branched-chain One of the amino acids that has a branch chain, namely, Leucine, isoleucine, and valine
- Base pair Two DNA bases complementary to one another (A and T or G and C) that join the complementary strands of DNA to…
- Golfer's cramp A dystonia that affects the muscles of the hand and sometimes the forearm and only occurs when playing golf…
- Fluorobody A hybrid molecule that combines the affinity and specificity of an antibody with the visibility of a green…