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Stain, Gram
The Danish bacteriologist J.M.C. Gram (1853- 1938) devised a method of staining bacteria using a dye called crystal (gentian) violet. Gram's method helps distinguish between different types of bacteria. The gram-staining characteristics of…
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- Cognitive behavior therapy See: Cognitive therapy
- Epidermal growth factor receptor EGFR
- Hypopigmented Underpigmented.
- Cancer anorexia Loss of desire to eat due to cancer. Cancer anorexia contributes to malnutrition, increases morbidity…
- MCD Abbreviation (not only for McDonald's but also) for a number of entities in medicine including minimal change…
- STDs in women See Sexually transmitted diseases in women
- Macroangiopathy Angiopathy means disease of the blood vessels (arteries, veins, and capillaries). There are two types of…
- Centrencephalic seizure See: Grand mal
- MCP1 Monocyte chemotactic protein-1, a member of the small inducible gene (SIG) family, plays a role in the…
- Ossify To make into bone; to convert cartilage or fibrous tissue into bone. The skeleton initially consists mainly…
- Modelling, chromatin See: Chromatin remodeling