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Explicit memory
Memory in which there is a need for conscious recollection in order to recall something. By contrast, in implicit memory there is a lack of conscious awareness in the act of recollection. Implicit memory may survive largely unimpaired at…
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Show more- Rape Rape: Forced sexual intercourse; sexual assault; sexual intercourse between an adult and a minor. Rape may be…
- Antiretroviral An agent or process effective against a retrovirus. For example, a drug to treat HIV
- Marker, tumor Tumor markers are substances that can be detected in higher-than-normal amounts in the blood, urine, or body…
- Soft chancre See: Chancroid
- Roach-2 Or roaches. Street term for Rohypnol
- Immunocow A cow that has been genetically engineered to produce human antibodies. An immunocow, when challenged with an…
- Corneal Pertaining to the cornea, the clear front window of the eye that transmits and focuses light into the eye
- Intervention The act of intervening, interfering or interceding with the intent of modifying the outcome. In medicine, an…
- Neuropathy, diabetic See: Diabetic neuropathy
- Daily Prayer of a Physician A prayer that is said to have been written by the 12th-century physician-philosopher Moses Maimonides. Like…
- Transthyretin A plasma protein consisting of 127 amino acids that binds retinol and thyroxine. The gene TTR that encodes…
- X-linked juvenile retinoschisis See: Juvenile retinoschisis