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- Anlagen The plural of anlage. See: Anlage
- Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) Fever (DHF): A syndrome due to the dengue virus that tends to affect children under 10, causing abdominal…
- Hydrocarbon An organic compound composed exclusively of hydrogen and carbon. All hydrocarbons have a carbon backbone with…
- Selective Estrogen-Receptor Modulator (SERM) A 'designer estrogen' which possesses some, but not all, of the actions of estrogen. For example, raloxifene…
- Familial Parkinson disease type 2 A familial form of Parkinson disease inherited in an autosomal recessive manner due to mutation in the gene…
- Heatliness A characteristic of certain foods or other substances believed to cause emotional or physical reactions…
- RNA interference Abbreviated RNAi. The introduction of double-stranded RNA into a cell to inhibit the expression of a gene…
- Fievre boutonneuse African tick typhus, one of the tick-borne rickettsial diseases of the eastern hemisphere, similar to Rocky…
- Spider veins A group of widened veins that can be seen through the surface of the skin. Their wheel-and- spoke shape…
- Acid rain Rain resulting from the combination of fossil fuel emissions and water in the atmosphere. The environmental…