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Delta-storage pool disease
See: Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome
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- Charles Bell See: Bell, Charles
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- Simian crease A single transverse palmar crease, a minor variation associated with Down syndrome (trisomy 21). Also called…
- Syndrome, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Better known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). A dementing disease of the brain. It is believed due to an…
- Chromatin remodelling See: Chromatin remodeling
- Alpha error The statistical error (said to be 'of the first kind' or type I) made in testing an hypothesis when it is…
- Oogenesis The process of egg formation. The second 'o' in oogenesis is pronounced separately from the first…
- Thymus gland See: Thymus
- Snip A single base change, a change in which a single base in the DNA differs from the usual base at that…
- Trait, sickle cell A person who possess one copy of the gene for sickle cell anemia. This person carries the gene but does not…
- Injury, knee meniscus Injury to one of the two crescent-shaped cartilage pads between the two joints formed by the femur (the thigh…