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Crick, Francis
British biologist (1916-2004) who shared the 1962 Nobel prize in Medicine and Physiology with James Watson and Maurice Wilkins for 'discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information…
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Show more- Yersinia pestis The bacteria that causes the bubonic plague which in the year 541 (as the Black Death) and later in the…
- Varicosity 1. An enlarged and tortuous vein, artery, or lymphatic vessel. 2. Specifically, a varicose vein
- Gout, tophaceous A form of chronic gout whereby nodular masses of uric acid crystals (tophi) are deposited in different soft…
- Exercise test A test (sometimes called the treadmill test or exercise treadmill test) in which a continuous…
- RXT Medical abbreviation for radiotherapy
- Kalemia The presence of potassium in the blood. The word 'kalemia' is seldom used today although it is the basis for…
- Reflex, patellar See: Knee jerk
- Echocardiography Echocardiography is a diagnostic test which uses ultrasound waves to make images of the heart chambers…
- Esophagoscopy Examination of the esophagus using a thin, lighted instrument
- RAST An allergy test done on a sample of blood. The aim with RAST, as with skin tests, is to check for allergic…
- Midgut volvulus See: Volvulus
- Ankylosis Stiffness or, more often, fusion of a joint. From the Greek ankylsis, meaning stiffening of a joint