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Antisense
In molecular biology, the strand complementary to a coding sequence of a nucleic acid. Antisense DNA is the non-coding strand complementary to the coding strand in double-stranded DNA. The antisense strand serves as the template for…
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- Contraceptive, pill Commonly called 'the pill,' combined oral contraceptives are the most commonly used form of reversible birth…
- Disease, inflammatory bowel A group of chronic intestinal diseases characterized by inflammation of the bowel -- the large or small…
- Diff dx Abbreviation for differential diagnosis, the process of weighing the probability of one disease versus that…
- Mallet The malleus
- Familial Parkinson disease type 3 A familial form of Parkinson disease inherited in an autosomal dominant manner due to a gene on chromosome…
- Lansing virus Type 2 poliovirus. Named after the city in Michigan where the first patient lived who was found to have this…
- Primary tumor A tumor that is at the original site where it first arose. For example, a primary brain tumor is one that…
- Contact healing Another name for the alternative medicine practice of laying on of hands. See: Laying on of hands. See also…
- Kirklin See: Kirklin, John W.
- Index, body mass (BMI) An index that relates body weight to height. The body mass index (BMI) is obtained by dividing a person's…
- Anemia, Mediterranean Better known today as thalassemia (or as beta thalassemia or thalassemia major). The clinical picture of this…