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- Fluorescent in situ hybridization An important molecular cytogenetic method for identifying chromosomes and parts of chromosomes, deciphering…
- Angry Pertaining to anger, an emotional state that may range in intensity from mild irritation to intense fury and…
- Hydrazine Hydrazine sulfate, an alternative medicine that has been claimed to be a treatment for cancer. It has been…
- ZNF9 A gene that encodes a protein called zinc finger protein 9. An inherited mutation in ZNF9 causes type 2…
- Typhus, louse-borne See: Typhus, epidemic
- Ventricular assist device A mechanical pump that takes over the function of the damaged ventricle of the heart and restores normal…
- Crippled A medically outmoded and politically incorrect term that implies a serious loss of normal function through…
- Tumor, sweat gland A benign (harmless) skin tumor called a syringoma that derives from cells related to sweat glands. (These…
- Gyrus A convolution on the surface of a cerebral hemisphere caused by the infolding of the cerebral cortex. The…
- TMJ Tempero-mandibular joint, the joint that hinges the lower jaw (mandible) to the skull.