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Anemia, congenital
See: Congenital anemia
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- Dipsophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of drinking alcohol. Sufferers of dipsophobia experience undue anxiety about…
- Yolk sac Not all yolk has to do with birds' eggs. Human embryos have a yolk sac, too. The human yolk sac is a membrane…
- Median The middle. Like the median strip in a highway.
- Ba The symbol for barium
- DXM Dextromethorphan, a cough suppressant, sometimes misused as a recreational drug
- Memory, explicit See: Explicit memory
- Resolution In genetics, resolution refers to the degree of molecular detail on a physical map of DNA, ranging from low…
- Grand mal A form of epilepsy characterized by tonic-clonic seizures. involving two phases -- the tonic phase in which…
- Enkephalinase See: Metallomembrane endopeptidase
- Intrafallopian A term meaning 'within the fallopian tube.' There are two fallopian tubes in female mammals, including human…
- Embryonal carcinoma A malignant germ cell tumor that occurs most often in the testes and accounts for about 40% of testicular…