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Recombinant
A person with a new combination of genes, a combination of genes not present in either parent, due to parental recombination of those genes
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- Health As officially defined by the World Health Organization, a state of complete physical, mental, and social…
- IFA Indirect immunofluorescence assay
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- Midnight children Term applied sometimes to children with xeroderma pigmentosum, a genetic disease with such extraordinary…
- Tom- Or tomo- before a consonant. A combining form meaning a cut, section, slice or layer, as might be achieved by…
- Sun protection factor (SPF) A number on a scale for rating sunscreens. SPF stands for Sun Protection Factor. SPF numbers on a package can…
- Trichobezoar A wad of swallowed hair. Also called a hairball. Trichobezoars can sometimes be found to cause blockage of…
- Fungicidal Capable of killing fungi