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NIDDK (Nat'l Institute of Diabetes and Kidney)
And Kidney Diseases): One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S., the NIDDK has a multisystem name and a comparably broad mission, namely, to 'conduct and support basic and applied research and provide leadership for a national…
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- Otolaryngology A medical and surgical specialty concerned with the diagnosis, management, and treatment of diseases and…
- Feed contaminant A substance contaminating animal feed. Contaminants in animal feed can threaten human health. There are two…
- Syndrome, MELAS MELAS is the acronym for Mitochondrial Encephalopathy, Lactic Acidosis, and Stroke-like episodes. MELAS is a…
- Marijuana Marijuana: A very common street and recreational drug that comes from the marijuana plant. The plant that…
- Macular vision The macula is a special area in the center of the retina, the light-sensitive layer of tissue at the back of…
- Angiitis See: Vasculitis
- Fear of having a malformed child An abnormal and persistent fear of bearing a malformed child is termed teratophobia. A phobia is an…
- Observer variation Failure by the observer to measure accurately, resulting in error. Observer variation may be due to the…
- Ganglion Ganglion: The celebrated 2nd century Greek physician Galen ((c. 130-201 A.D.) who lived and worked in Rome…
- Evolutionarily conserved sequence A base sequence in a DNA molecule (or an amino acid sequence in a protein) that has remained largely…
- ERT (estrogen replacement therapy) Estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) is used to treat menopause. It reduces or stops the short-term changes of…