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Point mutation
A single nucleotide base change in the DNA. A point mutation may consist of the loss of a nucleotide, the insertion of an additional nucleotide, or the substitution of one nucleotide for another. The first point mutation discovered in…
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- Indicate In medicine, to make a treatment or procedure advisable because of a particular condition or circumstance…
- Hangman injury (Hangman's fracture) A broken neck involving a fracture of an upper cervical vertebra similar to the injury suffered in death by…
- Citrovorum factor See: Leucovorin
- Mononeuritis multiplex Inflammation of two or more nerves, typically in unrelated portions of the body. Mononeuritis multiplex…
- Cystoscope An optical instrument (a scope) that is inserted through the urethra into the bladder. A cystoscope has two…
- Insinuate In the biomedical sciences, to introduce slowly, through a winding or narrow passage, or by a persistent…
- Thrombocytopenia-absent radius syndrome See TAR syndrome
- Cell, beta (pancreatic) A type of cell in the pancreas (the organ of the digestive system located behind the stomach). Within the…
- Medicare >'senior citizens' -- people 65 years of age or older, >certain younger people with specific disabilities…
- Colchicine Colchicine: A substance found in a plant that is used in clinical medicine for the treatment of gouty…