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Juvenile polyposis syndrome
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Show more- Vessel, efferent A vessel carrying blood away from the heart. An artery or arteriole
- Mendelism The principles of genetics, specifically of single-gene traits, based on the work of Gregor Mendel (1822-84)…
- CST3 The gene for cystatin C
- Stone, tonsil A tiny stone (calculus) in the tonsils. These stones, called tonsilloliths, are found within little pockets…
- Subtelomeric Below the telomere, the end of a chromosome. For example, it has been reported that subtle subtelomeric…
- Brain ventricle >Lateral ventricles: The lateral ventricles are in the cerebral hemispheres. Each lateral ventricle consists…
- Mononucleotide A single base pair. A trinucleotide (a triplet of base pairs) may be split into a dinucleotide and a…
- Analytic specificity How well an assay detects only a specific substance and does not detect closely related substances
- Basal nuclei A region located at the base of the brain composed of 4 clusters of neurons, or nerve cells. This area of the…
- Nocturnal enuresis Bedwetting at night. From the Greek 'enourin' meaning 'to urinate in.'
- Tube, auditory The tube that runs from the middle ear to the pharynx, also known as the Eustachian tube. The function of…
- Eyelid myokymia Fine continuous contractions of the eyelid muscle, typically involving one of the lower eyelids, less often…