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AAAS
Spoken of as the 'triple-AS', the American Association for the Advancement of Science is an organization concerned not only with the biomedical sciences but with all of the sciences. The AAAS publishes the weekly journal 'Science', one of…
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- Anonymous testing Testing in which no name is used -- there is total anonymity -- to identify the person tested. For example…
- Artery, vertebral A key artery located in the back of the neck that carries blood from the heart to the brain
- Diverticulosis/diverticulitis and fiber Fiber: High fiber diets help delay the progression of diverticulosis and, at least, reduce the bouts of…
- Transaminase nomenclature The names and abbreviations applied to the transaminases are quite confusing since (just as a starter) a…
- Lysergic acid diethylamide Better known as LSD. (LSD is the abbreviation for the German name for the drug: Lysergsaure-Diathylamid.)…
- Glucocerebrosidase deficiency Causes type 1 Gaucher disease, a progressive genetic disease due to an enzyme defect. The enzyme…
- Muscular dystrophy, distal One of two genetic muscle diseases characterized by wasting of the muscles most distant from the midline…
- Curse, Ondine's Failure from birth of central nervous system control over breathing while asleep. There are usually no…
- Epsom salt Magnesium sulfate. Known as Epsom salt because it was originally extracted from the mineral-rich water of…
- Scrofula An old term for tuberculosis of the lymph nodes in the neck. Also known as the King's evil
- False vocal cord A fold of mucous membrane covering muscle in the larynx. The false vocal cord separates the ventricle of the…