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Show more- Transposition, genetics The ability of genes to change position on chromosomes, a process in which a transposable element is removed…
- Enterocolitis, Crohn See: Crohn disease
- DTaP Diphtheria-Tetanus-acellular Pertussis vaccine
- Passive-aggressive personality disorder A personality disorder characterized by passive-aggressive behavior. Passive-aggressive personality disorder…
- Idiot savant See: Autistic savant. The term 'autistic savant' is preferred to the old term 'idiot savant' as less…
- Insufficiency, coronary See: Coronary insufficiency
- Maternal mortality rate The number of maternal deaths related to childbearing divided by the number of live births (or by the number…
- Lipid storage diseases A series of disorders due to inborn errors in lipid metabolism resulting in the abnormal accumulation of…
- Wet lung See: ARDS
- Prescription drug A drug requiring a prescription, as opposed to an over-the-counter drug, which can be purchased without one…
- Succenturiate placenta An extra placenta separate from the main placenta. In anatomy 'succenturiate' means substituting for or…
- Hypocarbia Less than the normal level of carbon dioxide in the blood. The opposite of hypercarbia