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Eugenics
Literally, meaning normal genes, eugenics aims to improve the genetic constitution of the human species by selective breeding. The use of Albert Einstein's sperm to conceive a child (by artificial insemination) would represent an attempt…
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Show more- Dystocia, shoulder See: Shoulder dystocia
- Carboxyhemoglobin Hemoglobin that has carbon monoxide instead of the normal oxygen bound to it. Carbon monoxide has a much…
- Sandfly fever An acute mild viral disease characterized by fever, malaise, eye pain, and headache occurring mainly during…
- Stem cell, sperm See: Sperm stem cell
- Melanoma, nodular One of the four clinical types of malignant melanoma, typically presents as a raised, distinct, bluish-black…
- Lassa fever An acute viral infection found in the tropics, especially in West Africa. Epidemics of Lassa fever have…
- CMV (cytomegalovirus) A virus that infects 50-85% of adults in the US by age 40 and is also the virus most frequently transmitted…
- Malrotation of the intestine Failure for the intestine to rotate normally during embryonic development. One of the dangers is that the…
- Bad air Any air considered noxious. Today, air filled with tobacco smoke might be considered 'bad air.' So might air…
- Puerperium The time immediately after the delivery of a baby. (In Latin a 'puerpera' is a woman in childbirth since…
- Circulatory system The system that moves blood throughout the body. The circulatory system is composed of the heart, arteries…
- Consumption An old and once common term for wasting away of the body, particularly from pulmonary tuberculosis (TB)…