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Mother
(1) The female parent. (2) To produce offspring as a female. To attribute the maternity of. (3) A cell or other structure from which similar cells or structures are formed. Accordingly, such a cell might be referred to as the mother…
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- Gene transfer The insertion of unrelated genetic information in the form of DNA into cells. There are different reasons to…
- Anesthesiology The branch of medicine specializing in the use of drugs or other agents that cause insensibility to pain…
- Sigmoid volvulus See: Volvulus
- Cancer survivor Someone who has received the diagnosis of a potentially fatal form of cancer and is therefore forced to face…
- Vitiligo Vitiligo: Pronounced vit-uh-LIE- go. A condition in which the skin turns white due to the loss of…
- Enzyme, Warburg's yellow A key respiratory enzyme discovered by the German biochemist Otto Heinrich Warburg (1883-1970), a pioneer in…
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- Alpha-defensin See: Defensin
- Aneurysm, aortic See: Aortic aneurysm
- Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome See: Doula (the first meaning).