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Zellweger syndrome
A genetic disorder, also called the cerebrohepatorenal syndrome, characterized by the reduction or absence of peroxisomes (cell structures that rid the body of toxic substances) in the cells of the liver, kidneys, and brain. Zellweger…
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Show more- Endonuclease An enzyme that cleaves a nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) at specific internal sites in the nucleotide base sequence
- G (drug caution code) Abbreviation on a medication that stands for 'glaucoma' and indicates the medication can cause problems for a…
- Vulva cancer See: Cancer of the vulva
- Luxation Complete dislocation of a joint. A partial dislocation is a subluxation
- Prostate cancer gene Prostate cancer gene: One of the genes that influences the origin and/or progression of prostate cancer…
- CB1 See: Cannabinoid receptor 1
- Thromboxane A substance made by platelets that causes blood clotting and constriction of blood vessels. There are two…
- Urachus A canal connecting the bladder of the fetus with the allantois, a structure that contributes to the formation…
- Penis, inflammation of the foreskin and glans In the uncircumcised male, balanitis (inflammation of the glans, the rounded head of the penis) and posthitis…
- Pestilence The pestilence referred to the bubonic plague and it now refers to any epidemic disease that is highly…
- HMPV Human metapneumovirus
- Glycopeptide A short chain of amino acids that has sugar molecules attached to it. A glycoprotein is similar in structure…