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- Spinous process A slender projection from the back of a vertebra to which muscles and ligaments are attached
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- Gene silencing A mechanism by which cells shut down large sections of chromosomal DNA. Gene silencing is done by…
- Metapneumovirus, human See: Human metapneumovirus
- Yellow enzymes A group of respiratory enzymes that catalyze reactions in the body permitting cells to respire, to breath…
- Psychoneuroimmunology The study of the connections between the mind and the neural, immune and endocrine (hormonal) systems. The…
- Viral hemorrhagic fever Viral hepatitis is liver inflammation caused by viruses. Specific hepatitis viruses have been labeled A, B…
- Herbal remedy A medication prepared from plants, including most of the world's traditional remedies for disease. Most…