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- Ames, Bruce N. American biochemist and geneticist (1928-) who developed the Ames test for chemical mutagens. Ames attended…
- Eyedrop test There are many types of eyedrops and many types of eyedrop tests. One of the most common eyedrop tests is…
- Syndrome, Ramsay Hunt See: Ramsay Hunt syndrome
- Breast pain Pain in the breast or mammary gland, known medically as mastalgia. From the Greek masto-, breast + algos, pain
- Heteroploid A different chromosome number than the normal number of chromosomes
- Cancer, pancreas See: Pancreatic cancer
- Adapter protein A protein acts as a connecting molecule. An adapter protein is critical to intermolecular interactions and…
- FCC In medicine, familial colorectal cancer (not the Federal Communications Commission)
- Joint, acetabular The hip joint by another name. The acetabulum is the cup-shaped socket of the hip joint. It is a key feature…
- Tarantism A disease once thought to result from the bite of the tarantula spider. This extraordinary affliction was…
- Lung, collapsed Failure of full expansion of a once fully expanded lung. Medically called atelectasis. The word comes from…