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Sexploitation
The exploitation of sex, often for commercial purposes. The term is a mid-20th century merger of sex and exploitation
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- ORF Open reading frame
- Infiltrate To penetrate. If an IV infiltrates, the IV fluid penetrates the surrounding tissue.
- Immunocow A cow that has been genetically engineered to produce human antibodies. An immunocow, when challenged with an…
- Right-handed The preferential use of the right hand for most fine manual tasks. Approximately 90% of the population is…
- Bee sting Stings from bees and other large stinging insects such as yellow jackets, hornets and wasps can trigger…
- Reading frame One of the three possible ways to read a nucleotide sequence in DNA or RNA as a series of nonoverlapping…
- Olivo- Pertaining to the olive, a structure in the brain
- Ketone body A chemicals that the body makes when there is not enough insulin in the blood and it must break down fat…
- Aneurysm, saccular An aneurysm is a localized widening (dilatation) of an artery, vein, or the heart. At the area of an…
- LaMontagne See: La Montagne, John
- Familial Parkinson disease type 2 A familial form of Parkinson disease inherited in an autosomal recessive manner due to mutation in the gene…