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Eukaryotic
Pertaining to eukaryotes
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- Diabetes, adult-onset Type 2 diabetes. See also Diabetes, type 2
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- Memory, anterograde See: Anterograde memory
- Phosphatase, alkaline An enzyme made in the liver, bone, and the placenta and normally present in high concentrations in growing…
- Factitious disease by proxy See: Munchhausen syndrome by proxy
- Lithium carbonate See: Lithium
- MS 1. Multiple sclerosis. See also entry to: Multiple sclerosis.2. Mass spectrometry
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences MS): One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S., NIGMS's mission is to 'support basic biomedical…
- Familial mental retardation 1 See FMR1.
- Pacifier An artificial nipple, usually made of plastic, upon which an infant can suck to gain some solace and quiet…