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SV40
Simian virus 40, a polyomavirus found in simians (nonhuman primates), SV40 has no relationship to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or to the simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV). Some lots of polio vaccines in the 1960s were…
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Show more- Calcium channel blocker A drug that blocks the entry of calcium into the muscle cells of the heart and the arteries. It is the entry…
- Phlebotomist A person who draws blood.
- Phobia, social Excessive fear of embarrassment in social situations that is extremely intrusive and can have debilitating…
- Agent, antibiotic A drug used to treat bacterial infections. The original definition of an antibiotic was a substance produced…
- Theorem, Bayes See: Bayes theorem
- Generic 1. The chemical name of a drug. 2. A term referring to the chemical makeup of a drug rather than to the…
- Dacryo- A combining form denoting tears, as in dacryocyst (tear sac) and dacryocystorhinostomy (surgery to open up a…
- Calor, dolor, rubor, and tumor Heat, pain, redness, and swelling. The four classical signs of inflammation, originally recorded by the Roman…
- Crick 1. A painful sudden spasmodic stiffness in the muscles of the neck or back. 2. Francis Crick who, with James…
- Reservoir, Ommaya A device implanted under the scalp that is used to deliver anticancer drugs to the cerebrospinal fluid, the…
- Perineal prostatectomy An operation to remove the prostate gland through an incision made between the scrotum and the anus. NTER>
- Y chromosome sex-determining region See: Y sex-determining region