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Nucleotide
>A nitrogenous base (A, G, T, or C in DNA; A, G, U, or C in RNA), >A phosphate molecule, and >A sugar molecule (deoxyribose in DNA and ribose in RNA). A DNA oligonucleotide is a short piece of DNA composed of relatively few (oligo-)…
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- Pathogenesis The development of a disease. The origin of a disease and the chain of events leading to that disease
- Exudate A fluid rich in protein and cellular elements that oozes out of blood vessels due to inflammation and is…
- Disease, Bright's Chronic inflammation of the blood vessels in the kidney with protein, specifically albumin, in the urine…
- EMT A rash inside the body. An example: the spots in measles (Koplik's spots) inside the mouth that look like a…
- Td Adult diphtheria and tetanus toxoids. See Td immunization
- Myocarditis, viral Inflammation of the muscles in the walls of the heart due to a viral infection. Among the offenders are dozen…
- Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) A substance made by cells that stimulates new blood vessel formation, a mitogen for vascular endothelial…
- Therapy, constraint-induced movement A form of intensive physical therapy aimed at reorganizing and reprogramming the brain after a stroke, a…
- Typhus, tick Also known as Rocky Mountain spotted fever, an acute febrile (feverish) disease initially recognized in the…
- Extracranial Outside the cranium, the bony dome that houses and protects the brain. As opposed to intracranial, inside the…
- Soft sore See: Chancroid