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Cryo-EM
Cryo-electron microscopy
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Show more- Syndrome, Danlos Better known today as Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS), is an inherited disorder with easy bruising, joint…
- Deficiency, calcium See: Calcium deficiency
- Womyn Woman. A late 20th century feminist creation to avoid the suffix man
- Immunization, meningococcal A vaccine to prevent meningococcal meningitis, an inflammation of the membranes that cover the brain and…
- Perinatologist An obstetrical subspecialist concerned with the care of the mother and fetus at higher-than-normal risk for…
- Seizure, clonic See: Clonic seizure
- Pulmonary acinus The ending of a tiny airway in the lung, where the alveoli (air sacs) are located. In anatomy, an acinus is a…
- Intolerance, food Difficulty in digesting a food. Common offenders include milk products, wheat and other grains that contain…
- Raised hemidiaphragm See: Elevated hemidiaphragm.
- Genetic immunodeficiency disease See: Primary immunodeficiency disease
- Cholesterol lowering with fibrate The fibrates are cholesterol-lowering drugs that are primarily effective in lowering triglycerides and, to a…
- Water blister A blister with clear watery contents that is not purulent (does not contain pus) and is not sanguineous (does…