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BSL
1. Biosafety level, as in a BSL-4 laboratory. 2.Biohazard safety level. 3.Blood sugar level. 4.British Sign Language
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- Glucose, fasting blood Glucose, fasting blood: A method for learning how much glucose (sugar) there is in a blood sample taken after…
- Noncoding DNA The strand of DNA that does not carry the information necessary to make proteins. DNA normally has two…
- Test, sweat chloride See: Sweat test
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- Disease, rotator cuff Damage to the rotator cuff, a group of four tendons that stabilize the shoulder joint and move the shoulder…
- Enterocolitis, Crohn See: Crohn disease
- Granulomatosis, Wegener's An inflammatory disease of small arteries and veins (vasculitis) that classically involves vessels supplying…
- Curcumin A mixture of compounds derived from the curry spice turmeric. Curcumin is sold in the US as a herbal…
- Glucosamine A molecule derived from the sugar glucose by the addition of an amino (NH2) group, glucosamine is a component…
- Syndrome, adult respiratory distress Better known as ARDS. See: ARDS