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B. coli
The protozoan parasite Balantidium coli. See: Balantidium
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Show more- Truncate To shorten, to cut short. A malformation (birth defect) may truncate a limb. A mutation may create a stop…
- Pathobiology Pathology, with emphasis on the pathophysiological and pathogenetic mechanisms underlying human disease
- Connexin 26 Also known as gap junction beta 2, or GJB2. See: GJB2. See also: Connexin
- Isotonic solution A solution that has the same salt concentration as the normal cells of the body and the blood. As opposed to…
- Surgery, plastic The field of surgery concerned with reducing scarring or disfigurement that may occur as a result of…
- Radiation therapy, conformational A procedure that uses computers to create a 3-dimensional picture of the tumor in order to target the tumor…
- Curare A muscle relaxant used in anesthesia (and, in the past, in arrow poisons by South American Indians). Curare…
- Afterbirth The placenta + the fetal membranes that are normally expelled from the uterus after the birth of the baby…
- Hemoglobin F Normal fetal hemoglobin, the predominant type of hemoglobin in the fetus and newborn. The F stands for Fetal.
- Imprinting, psychological A remarkable genetic phenomenon that occurs in animals, and theoretically humans, in the first hours of life…
- Plummer's disease Toxic multinodular goiter. Also called Parry's disease
- Chronic kidney failure See: Chronic renal failure