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Sense-strand RNA virus
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- Syndrome, Alexander See: Alexander disease
- DEHP A softener for polyvinyl chloride (PVC), a plastic polymer used in a wide array of products. Unplasticized…
- Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Every prescription written in the United States bears a DEA number, that of the prescribing doctor, the DEA…
- Focal motor seizure A simple partial seizure with localized motor activity. There may be spasm or clonus (jerking) of one muscle…
- Glass eye 1. A globe of glass that looks like and is intended to replace the eyeball.2. By extension, a real eye that…
- Elbow pain Elbow pain: Elbow pain is most often the result of tendinitis, which can affect the inner or outer elbow…
- Arachnoiditis Arachnoiditis: Inflammation of the middle layer of membranes covering the brain and spinal cord…
- Hygiene theory See: Hygiene hypothesis
- AKA (above the knee amputation) In general usage, this would be read to mean 'also known as.' For example, William Jefferson (aka 'Bill')…
- Rectum The last 6 to 8 inches of the large intestine. The rectum stores solid waste until it leaves the body through…
- Reading frame One of the three possible ways to read a nucleotide sequence in DNA or RNA as a series of nonoverlapping…