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Show more- Exogenous DNA DNA originating outside an organism
- Head, optic nerve The circular area in the back of the inside of the eye where the optic nerve connects to the retina
- Melancholia Old term for depression.
- Nirenberg , Marshall W. (b. 1927) American biochemist who shared the 1968 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work in…
- EEE Eastern equine encephalitis
- Physician A physician is a person trained in the art of healing. In reality, contemporary physicians express their…
- Umbilicus The vestige left behind on a newborn's belly when the umbilical cord is cut. Also called the navel or belly…
- Cranial nerve X The tenth cranial nerve, and one of the most important, is the vagus nerve. All twelve of the cranial nerves…
- Pineocytoma An uncommon slow-growing tumor of the pineal gland. Symptoms include hydrocephalus, paralysis of upward gaze…
- Aarskog-Scott syndrome A syndrome of wide spaced eyes (ocular hypertelorism), front-facing (anteverted) nostrils, a broad upper lip…
- Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Inst. One of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), the mission of the NIAID is 'to support and conduct…
- Flu, Hong Kong See: Hong Kong flu