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Cytokinesis
1. During cell division, the process that partitions the cellular contents including the chromosomes, cytoplasm, and organelles into the two daughter cells. Cytokinesis occurs just after the segregation of the duplicated genome.2. In a…
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Show more- Congenital Present at birth. A condition that is congenital is one that is present at birth. There are numerous uses of…
- Baylisascaris Infection by the raccoon roundworm. Baylisascaris procyonis is found commonly in raccoons. When infective…
- Adjuvant chemotherapy Chemotherapy given after tumor surgery. The idea underpinning adjuvant chemotherapy is that the chemotherapy…
- CEA See carcinoembryonic antigen
- Herniorrhaphy The surgical repair of a hernia. Herniorrhaphy may be done under local or general anesthesia using a…
- Weasand 1. The windpipe (trachea). 2. More loosely, the throat. 'Cut his weasand with thy knife.' The Tempest…
- Glabella 1. The area between the eyebrows, just above the nose. 2. The corresponding area on the frontal bone between…
- Beijerinck See: Beijerinck, Martinus W.
- Fixation, external A procedure that stabilizes and joins the ends of fractured (broken) bones by a splint or cast. External…
- DTP Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis vaccine
- Myasthenia gravis Prefix that denotes a relationship to fungus. From the Greek mykes, meaning fungus.
- Pyridoxine One of the vitamin B6 group (which also includes pyridoxal and pyridoxamine) that is transformed in the body…