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Ames, Bruce N.
American biochemist and geneticist (1928-) who developed the Ames test for chemical mutagens. Ames attended Cornell University from 1946 to 1950, receiving his B.A. degree in chemistry/biochemistry. He then moved to the California…
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Show more- Areflexia Absence of neurologic reflexes such as the knee jerk reaction
- Cesarian section, lower segment (LSCS) A Cesarian section in which the surgical incision (cut) is made in the lower segment of the uterus
- Cervical Having to do with any kind of neck including the neck on which the head is perched and the neck of the…
- Disease, Osgood-Schlatter Disease, Osgood-Schlatter: A condition involving inflammation and sometimes tearing of ligaments within the…
- Test, PSA See: PSA
- Vitamin B -- pantothenic acid This is one of the less well known B vitamins, perhaps because it is widely distributed in nature…
- Femara Brand name for letrozole, an oral antiestrogen. Femara inhibits the enzyme aromatase in the adrenal glands…
- Lipitor See: Atorvastatin
- Lateral 1. In anatomy, the side of the body or a body part that is farther from the middle or center of the body…
- NBCCS Nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome, also known as the Gorlin syndrome
- Catheter, central A catheter (a tube) that is passed through a vein to end up in the thoracic (chest) portion of the vena cava…
- Asphyxia Impaired or impeded breathing.