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Fluorouracil
A much-used anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called antimetabolites. Full name: 5-fluorouracil. Abbreviation: 5-FU. 5-FU is a pyrimidine antagonist. 5-FU is similar in structure to the pyrimidine base thymine and…
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- Skin, tattooing of the The permanent insertion of ink or other pigments below the skin using a sharp instrument. Humans have done…
- Mesoderm One of the three primary germ cell layers -- the other two are the ectoderm and endoderm -- in the very early…
- Scarlatina Also called scarlet fever, a disease caused by infection with group A streptococcal bacteria that occurs in a…
- Regulatory gene A gene that regulates the expression of other genes. A regulatory gene is a nosy gene whose prime…
- Syndrome, nervous colon A common gastrointestinal disorder involving an abnormal condition of gut contractions (motility)…
- Pediatric kidney infection See: Urinary tract infection in children
- STD Sexually transmitted disease
- Fasciolopsis The giant intestinal fluke. See: Fasciolopsis.
- Steroid A general class of chemical substances that are structurally related to one another and share the same…
- Rest 1. Repose. Relaxation.2. A fragment of embryonic tissue that has been retained after the period of embryonic…