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HMPV
Human metapneumovirus
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- Bulbourethral gland Also called Cowper's gland. A pea-sized gland in the male located behind and to the side of the urethra that…
- Hepatic duct A duct that carries bile from the liver into the common bile duct which conveys it to the duodenum (the upper…
- Germline mutation Mutation: A heritable change in the DNA that occurred in a germ cell (a cell destined to become an egg or in…
- Motility study, antro-duodenal An antro-duodenal motility study is a study for detecting and recording the contractions of the muscles of…
- Waardenburg, Petrus Johannes See: Stickler syndrome.
- Crossover study A type of clinical trial in which the study subjects receive each treatment in a random order. With this type…
- Contraceptive, diaphragm A barrier method of contraception that is available by prescription only and must be sized by a health…
- Vulva The female external genital organs including the labia majora, labia minora, clitoris, tiny glands called…
- E. coli Short for Escherichia coli, the colon bacillus, a bacterium that normally resides in the human colon. E. coli…
- Forensic genetics The branch of genetics that deals with the application of genetic knowledge to legal problems and legal…