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Citrulline
A non-standard amino acid that is not normally present in protein. Citrulline is created in the body as an intermediate in the conversion of the amino acid ornithine to arginine in a metabolic pathway called the urea cycle. Citrulline was…
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- Male breast cancer Male breast cancer: See: Breast cancer, male.
- Montgomery, William W. Pioneering American otolaryngologist who developed many techniques used in surgery on the throat and the…
- Mendelian Referring to the great Moravian/Bohemian biologist Gregor Mendel (1822-84) who set forth the basic laws that…
- Ortholog A gene in two or more species that has evolved from a common ancestor. Also called an orthologous gene
- Disease, Rendu-Osler-Weber See: Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia
- Midwife, lay See: Lay midwife
- Dengue fever Dengue fever: An acute mosquito- borne viral illness of sudden onset that usually follows a benign course…
- Sir Charles Bell See: Bell, Charles
- A- See: A-
- Gland, tarsal See: Meibomian gland