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- Agent, antimicrobial See: Antimicrobial agent
- Exacerbate To make worse. For example, smoking may exacerbate systemic lupus erythematosus
- Vector, cloning A DNA molecule originating from a virus, a plasmid (see below) or the cell of a higher organism into which…
- Disease, Bernard-Soulier Nt platelet syndrome): This disease is a primary problem of platelets in which the platelets lack the ability…
- Labia The lips, either the lips around the mouth (the oral labia) or the lip-like external female genitalia (the…
- DHT Dihydrotestosterone
- Denture An artificial set of teeth that can be removed
- Albino A person with albinism. The term was first applied by the Portuguese to people in West Africa who may have…
- Fatty acids Molecules that are long chains of lipid-carboxylic acid found in fats and oils and in cell membranes as a…
- Pulmonary embolus A blood clot that has passed into and occluded the lung's pulmonary artery. An embolus causes an embolism. In…
- Erosion An erosion is an eating away of a surface. ('Erodere' in Latin means to eat out.) For example, a skin erosion…