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DNA polymerase
Enzyme that catalyzes (speeds) the polymerization of DNA. DNA polymerase uses preexisting nucleic acid templates and assembles the DNA from deoxyribonucleotides
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- Acquired deafness Deafness: The loss of hearing that occurs or develops some time during a person's life but was not present at…
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- RP Retinitis pigmentosa
- Failure to thrive (FTT) Refers to a child whose physical growth is significantly less than that of peers. There is no official…
- Disorder, social anxiety Excessive fear of embarrassment in social situations that is extremely intrusive and can have debilitating…
- CAD Coronary artery disease. CAD is a major cause of illness and death. It begins when hard cholesterol…
- Mastectomy, prophylactic Removal of one or both breasts without the current presence of cancer. This surgery is sometimes chosen as a…
- Tenia In medicine, tenia is a genus (group) of large tapeworms some of which are parasitic in humans. In anatomy…
- Pectoral muscles Muscles of the 'anterior chest' (the front of the chest). Familiarly called the pecs. The Latin 'pectus'…
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