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Xenograft
A surgical graft of tissue from one species to an unlike species (or genus or family). A graft from a baboon to a human is a xenograft. The prefix 'xeno-' means foreign. It comes from the Greek word 'xenos' meaning stranger, guest, or…
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- Oculomotor nerve The oculomotor nerve is the third cranial nerve. (The cranial nerves emerge from or enter the cranium, the…
- Developmental dyspraxia A pattern of delayed, uneven, or aberrant development of physical abilities during childhood development. The…
- Salk vaccine Vaccine against poliomyelitis named for Dr. Jonas Salk who developed and introduced it in 1955. It was the…
- Wing bone See: SAD.
- Appendiceal Relating to the appendix. As, for example, an appendiceal abscess. Perforation of the appendix can lead to a…
- Antiviral An agent that kills a virus or that suppresses its ability to replicate and, hence, inhibits its capability…
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