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Incubation period
In medicine, the time from the moment of exposure to an infectious agent until signs and symptoms of the disease appear. For example, the incubation period of chickenpox is 14-16 days. In biology, the incubation period is the time needed…
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- Intermittent insomnia See Insomnia, intermittent
- Acyclovir Acyclovir: (Brand name: Zovirax) One of a group of antiviral drugs that acts against the herpes viruses…
- Dementia, vascular See Vascular dementia
- Pauling-Corey helix The alpha helix, the structure of most proteins, discovered by Linus Pauling and Robert Corey. See: Alpha…
- Multidetector-row computed tomography See: Multidetector computed tomography
- Segment, genomic A region of the genome; it encompasses objects described as loci or probes. Genomic segments can range in…
- Parkinson, James (1755-1824) English physician and paleontologist who gave a classic account in 1817 of a chronic, slowly…
- APO-1 See: FAS gene
- Syndrome, piriformis Irritation of the sciatic nerve caused by compression of the nerve within the buttock by the piriformis…
- Bedwetting Bedwetting: Involuntary urination in bed. Bedwetting is called 'enuresis,' from the Greek 'enourin' meaning…