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Virilize
To cause a female to develop male characteristics such as a deepened voice, an increase in body and facial hair, a decrease in breast size, an enlargement of the clitoris, and 'male-pattern' baldness. Background Males produce hormones…
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Show more- Tetranucleotide A sequence of 4 base pairs. (Bases are the building blocks of DNA.) Expansion of a tetranucleotide repeat…
- Mycoplasma The mycoplasma are a very large group of bacteria. There are more than 70 types. Mycoplasma hominis and…
- RNA interference Abbreviated RNAi. The introduction of double-stranded RNA into a cell to inhibit the expression of a gene…
- Brachydactyly Short, stubby fingers and toes. Brachydactyly is a frequent feature of syndromes of congenital malformation…
- Salvage chemotherapy Chemotherapy given after recurrence of a tumor. See: Salvage therapy
- Roundworm genome See: C. elegans genome
- NIGMS Stands for the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, one of the National Institutes of Health in…
- Leishmania infection A parasitic disease, also called leishmaniasis, spread by the bite of sand flies infected with a protozoa…
- Ab- Prefix meaning 'from, away from, off' as in abduction (movement of a limb away from the midline of the body)…
- Predispose To make more likely or render susceptible. Smoking predisposes to a number of diseases, including esophageal…
- Ureter A tube that carries urine down from the kidney to the bladder. There are normally two kidneys so there are…
- Nucleic acid hybridization A technique in which single-stranded nucleic acids (DNA or RNA) are allowed to interact so that complexes…