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Celsus
(1st century A.D.) Aulus (Aurelius) Cornelius Celsus. Roman encyclopedist whose only surviving work, De Medicina, was rediscovered and printed early in the Renaissance and became influential. His four classical signs of inflammation --…
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- Rib, false One of the last 5 pairs of ribs. A rib is said to be 'false' if it does not attach to the sternum (the breast…
- AGXT A gene that provides instructions for making a liver enzyme called alanine-glyoxylate aminotransferase…
- Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus Staphylococcus aureus (a type of staph bacteria) resistant to the antibiotic methicillin. Abbreviated MRSA…
- Ovarian cyst A fluid-filled sac in the ovary. The most common type of ovarian cyst is called a follicular cyst. It results…
- Mus musculus The laboratory mouse
- Microtubule motor protein A protein that plays a role in spindle assembly and function or in chromosome movement during meiosis or…
- Defibrillator, implantable cardiac A device put within the body that is designed to recognize certain types of abnormal heart rhythms…
- Disease, Canavan A severe progressive inherited (genetic) disorder of the central nervous system (CNS). The signs of Canavan…
- Inferolateral Below and to one side. Both inferior and lateral. In anatomy, there are many such compound terms. For a more…
- Thomas Campion See: Campion, Thomas