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Angina: Chest pain due to coronary artery spasm, a sudden constriction of a coronary artery (one of the vessels that supply the heart muscle with blood rich in oxygen) depriving the heart muscle (myocardium) of blood and oxygen. This is…
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- EOS The gene for familial eosinophilia. EOS has been mapped to chromosome region 5q31-33 containing the cytokine…
- Bulbar conjunctiva That part of the conjunctiva, a clear membrane of the eye, which covers the outer surface of the eye. The…
- Cure 1. To heal, to make well, to restore to good health. Cures are easy to claim and, all too often, difficult to…
- Spongiform encephalopathy and cerebral amyloidosis See: Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome
- Saddle gall A sore on a horse caused by an ill-fitting saddle. Also called a saddle sore
- Cyanosis A bluish color of the skin and the mucous membranes due to insufficient oxygen in the blood. For example, the…
- Spindle neuron A large neuron tapered at both ends that is only found in humans and great apes and so is thought to be a…
- Bevacizumab Generic name for a monoclonal antibody anticancer drug. See: Avastin
- Dream, pre-sleep Also called a hypnagogic hallucination, this type of dream is characteristically vivid and occurs as one is…
- Functional genomics The function of each gene in the genome. Functional genomics is the study of genes, their resulting proteins…