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Helicase
An enzyme that unwinds double-strand DNA into two single DNA strands
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Show more- PUVA PUVA stands for psoralen (P) and ultraviolet A (UVA) therapy in which the patient is exposed first to…
- Asymptomatic Without symptoms. For example, an asymptomatic infection is an infection with no symptoms
- Disease, Gaucher type 1 See Gaucher disease, type 1
- Watson See: Watson, James
- Bone type One of the four basic bone shapes in the human skeleton -- long bones, short bones, flat bones, and irregular…
- Pharma food A food product with a pharmacological additive meant to improve health, for example, to lower cholesterol
- Leg, lower The lower leg is the bottom segment of the leg: the part below the knee. The lower leg contains two long…
- B. quintana Also called Rochalimaea quintana), Bartonella quintana is an unusual rickettsial organism that can multiply…
- Concordant 1. Showing concordance, complete agreement. A couple may be concordant for a sexually transmitted infection…
- Embolism The obstruction of a blood vessel by a foreign substance or a blood clot blocking the vessel. Something…
- Neonatal jaundice Jaundice: Yellowish staining of the skin and whites of the newborn's eyes (sclerae) by pigment of bile…
- Desmoplasia This term refers to the growth of fibrous or connective tissue. Some tumors elicit a desmoplastic reaction…