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Ovarian cancer gene BRCA2
Ovarian cancer gene BRCA2: Ovarian cancer due to mutation of the BRCA2 gene. Mutation of this gene also predisposes to breast cancer and early-onset prostate cancer. See: BRCA2
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- Trichinella spiralis The worm that causes trichinosis. Trichinella spiralis larvae can infest pigs and wild game, hibernating in…
- Enophthalmos Sunken eyeball.
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- Laryngoscopist A person who uses a laryngoscope, a flexible, lighted tube used to look at the inside of the larynx (the…
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