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Exon
The region of a gene that contains the code for producing protein. Each exon codes for a specific portion of the complete protein. Exons are separated by introns, long regions of DNA that have no apparent function. Exons are also called…
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Show more- Pavlov conditioning The Russian physiologist Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (1848-1936) conditioned dogs to respond in what proved to be a…
- Gynecologist A doctor who specializes in treating diseases of the female reproductive organs. The word 'gynecologist'…
- Pain, knee Causes of knee pain include injury, degeneration, arthritis, infrequently infection and rarely bone tumors.
- Glans and foreskin, inflammation of the In the uncircumcised male, balanitis (inflammation of the glans, the rounded head of the penis) and posthitis…
- Ethyl acrylate A substance used in making latex paints and textiles. The US government removed ethyl acrylate from its list…
- Intraocular melanoma An eye cancer in which the malignant cells arise in the part of the eye called the uvea. The uvea includes…
- Tapeworm infection, pork Known medically as cysticercosis, an infection caused by Taenia solium (the pork tapeworm). Infection occurs…
- Anti-angiogenesis drugs These drugs, which include angiostatin and Endostatin, halt the process of developing new blood vessels…
- Groin In anatomy, the area where the upper thigh meets the trunk. More precisely, the fold or depression marking…
- Syndrome, Werner A premature aging disease that begins in adolescence or early in adulthood and results in apparent old age by…
- Clonic seizure A seizure in which there are generalized clonic contractions with the entire body jerking, but without a…
- Cogan syndrome Arteritis (also referred to as vasculitis) that involves the ear. This condition is called Cogan syndrome…