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Karyotyping, flow
Use of flow cytometry to analyze and/or separate chromosomes on the basis of their DNA content. Flow cytometry detects the light- absorbing or fluorescing properties of chromosomes passing in a narrow stream through a laser beam and with…
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- New Engl J Med The New England Journal of Medicine
- Thyroxine Abbreviated T4. A hormone made by the thyroid gland that has four iodine molecules attached to its molecular…
- Childbed fever Fever due to an infection usually of the placental site within the uterus. The fever is also called…
- American Medical Association : The AMA. The AMA's mission statement proclaims: 'We are the Voice of the American Medical Profession. 'We…
- DNA (figurative) The essence or master blueprint of something. Since DNA became widely known to be the genetic material of…
- Dizziness, pre-syncopal Dizziness before fainting. Some symptoms of dizziness such as wooziness, feeling about to black out, and…
- Chorionic gonadotropin, human A procedure for first-trimester prenatal diagnosis. Chorionic villus sampling may be done between the eighth…
- Disease, Rendu-Osler-Weber See: Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia
- Vertebrae, cervical The cervical (neck) vertebrae are the upper 7 vertebrae in the spinal column (the vertebral column). They are…
- Treadmill test A test (sometimes called the exercise treadmill test or exercise test) in which a continuous…