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Cholera genome
The genome of the bacterium called Vibrio cholerae that causes cholera. This genome contains over 4 million bases in its DNA including the sequences for nearly 4,000 genes. The V. cholerae genome is remarkable in that it is arranged in two…
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- Bug, reduviid See: Reduviid bug
- Antiemetics El ODYvAlign=top bgColor=#cccccc colSpan=2> vAlign=top width='100%' bgColor=#ffffff>Our Antiemetics Main…
- Progressive Increasing in scope or severity. Advancing. Going forward. In medicine, a disease that is progressive is…
- Hyperekplexia A genetic disorder also known as hyperexplexia in which babies have an exaggerated startle reflex (reaction)…
- Mainstream medicine Medicine as practiced by holders of M.D. or D.O. degrees and by their allied health professionals, such as…
- Rat, rice See: Rice rat
- State, hypercoagulable A hypercoagulable state is the medical term for a condition in which there is an abnormally increased…
- Anesthetic, local An anesthetic that causes loss of feeling in a small part of the body
- Breech birth Literally, delivery of the baby by the buttocks first, rather than the head as is usual. Breech birth is more…
- Goldberger, Joseph American public health physician (1874-1929) who solved the puzzle of pellagra. See: Pellagra
- FBLN5 The gene encoding the protein known as fibulin 5. See: Fibulin 5