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- Sociophobia Fear of social gatherings, fear of socializing, fear of embarrassment in social situations that is extremely…
- Latent Hidden, dormant, inactive. The virus that causes chickenpox remains latent after the initial attack of…
- Blalock-Taussig operation A pioneering heart operation named after the American surgeon Alfred Blalock (1899-1964) and the pediatric…
- Bacillary angiomatosis A bacterial infection due to a cat scratch most often seen today in people with HIV. The disease…
- Colonic 1. See: Colonic (adjective). 2. See: Colonic (noun)
- Trinucleotide A sequence of 3 base pairs; a triplet of bases. The gene code is made up of trinucleotides
- Reduviid bug A winged insect. Reduviids include kissing bugs which transmit Chagas disease. See: Chagas disease
- Folic acid One of the B vitamins that is a key factor in the synthesis (the making) of nucleic acid (DNA and RNA). A…
- Bicuspid aortic valve Whereas the normal aortic valve in the heart has three flaps (cusps) that open and close, a bicuspid valve…
- Apolipoprotein A-I APOA-I. The major protein component of HDL (high density lipoprotein) and a relatively abundant plasma…
- Genomic segment A region of the genome; it encompasses objects described as loci or probes. Genomic segments can range in…