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Disease, inflammatory bowel
A group of chronic intestinal diseases characterized by inflammation of the bowel -- the large or small intestine. The most common types of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are ulcerative colitis and Crohn disease. Crohn disease favors the…
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- Isometropia The condition in which both eyes have equal refractive power. If, for example, one eye is myopic…
- Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Inst. One of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), the mission of the NIAID is 'to support and conduct…
- Euphenics Literally meaning 'normal appearing,' euphenics aims to improve the outcome of a genetic disease by altering…
- Base in DNA A unit of the DNA. There are 4 bases: adenine (A), guanine (G), thymine (T), and cytosine (C). The sequence…
- Sexual masochism Sexual masochism is a disorder in which individuals use sexual fantasies, urges or behaviors involving the…
- Flavoproteins Flavoproteins are yellow proteins that serve as enzymes critical to the ability of cells in the body to…
- Patau syndrome (trisomy 13 syndrome) A syndrome characterized by multiple malformations, commonly including scalp defects, hemangiomas (blood…
- Blepharospasm Involuntary forcible closure of the eyelids. The first symptom may be uncontrollable blinking. Only one eye…