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Disorder, mathematics
A condition characterized by math skills that are significantly below normal, given the person's age, intelligence, and education. A mathematics disorder can include problems writing or printing numbers, counting, adding and subtracting…
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- Herbicide A chemical pesticide designed to control or destroy plants, weeds, or grasses. Herbicides tend to have…
- Vein, inferior vena cava A large vein that receives blood from the lower extremities, pelvis and abdomen and empties it into the right…
- Herniation Abnormal protrusion of tissue through an opening. For example, a intervertebral disk (one situated between…
- Primary HIV infection The first few months after infection with HIV (the human immunodeficiency virus). During primary HIV…
- Endonuclease An enzyme that cleaves a nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) at specific internal sites in the nucleotide base sequence
- Polyubiquitination The binding of many ubiquitin molecules to the same target protein. Polyubiquitination of proteins is the…
- Sand, biliary Biliary sand is a term mostly used by surgeons when they remove the gallbladder to describe uncountable…
- Dislocated shoulder See: Shoulder dislocation
- Inbreeding, coefficient of A measure of how close two people are genetically to each another. The coefficient of inbreeding, symbolized…
- Balantidium A genus of protozoa with cilia that includes Balantidium coli (B. coli). B. coli is the largest protozoan and…