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- Syndrome, Aarskog See: Aarskog-Scott syndrome
- Anti-angiogenesis drugs These drugs, which include angiostatin and Endostatin, halt the process of developing new blood vessels…
- Dermatofibroma A common type of benign skin tumor that is small, slow-growing, typically firm, red-to-brown and most often…
- SEM Scanning electron microscope
- Cys Cysteine. Note that Cys does not stand for cystine. See also: Amino acid symbols
- Syndrome, hemolytic uremic See: Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome.
- Valetudinarian Someone with a weak or sickly constitution, especially someone whose chief concern is being or becoming a…
- Human herpesvirus 5 See cytomegalovirus.
- Dehydroepiandrosterone DHEA. A steroid hormone made by the adrenal glands that acts on the body much like testosterone and is…
- Cardiac index A cardiodynamic measure based on the cardiac output, which is the amount of blood the left ventricle ejects…
- EPA 1. The Environmental Protection Agency, a US government agency.2. Eicosapentaenoic acid, one of the principal…