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- Lissencephaly syndrome See: Miller-Dieker syndrome
- Angina Angina: Chest pain due to an inadequate supply of oxygen to the heart muscle. The chest pain of angina is…
- Laminaria A small rod-shaped piece of dried seaweed; when placed within the cervix, a laminaria causes it to gradually…
- Carcinoma, Merkel cell Carcinoma, Merkel cell: An infrequent but highly malignant type of skin cancer. Characteristically starts in…
- Novercal Stepmotherly; pertaining to a stepmother. From the Latin novercalis, from noverca meaning stepmother
- Resistance Opposition to something, or the ability to withstand it. For example, some forms of staphylococcus are…
- Thomas Campion See: Campion, Thomas
- Middle ear There are three sections of the ear. They are the external ear, the middle ear, and the inner ear. The middle…
- Collarbone A horizontal bone above the first rib that makes up the front part of the shoulder. The collarbone, also…
- DNA technology, recombinant A series of procedures used to join together (recombine) DNA segments. A recombinant DNA molecule is…
- Systemic Affecting the entire body. A systemic disease such as diabetes can affect the whole body. Systemic…