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CCR5
A chemokine receptor found on monocytes and lymphocytes that serves as the coreceptor for HIV. HIV strains that use this coreceptor are referred to as R5 viruses. Polymorphisms in the coding and non-coding regions of the CCR5 gene…
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Show more- Teratogen Any agent that can disturb the development of an embryo or fetus. Teratogens may cause a birth defect in the…
- Fluoride A compound of fluorine with another element or radical. Fluoride compounds are present in drinking water and…
- Tongue tie A minor congenital anomaly (birth defect) in which the flap of mucous membrane under the tongue (known as the…
- Labia The lips, either the lips around the mouth (the oral labia) or the lip-like external female genitalia (the…
- WHO (World Health Organization) A type of chromosome rearrangement, also called a Robertsonian translocation, in which there is fusion of an…
- Implant, brainstem See: Brainstem implant
- Pathologist, speech-language See: Speech-language pathologist
- Sarcoma, synovial See Synovial sarcoma
- Lycanthropy The delusion that one has become a wolf or the werewolf transformation. Werewolf myths were associated with…
- Aneurysm, fusiform An aneurysm is a localized widening (dilatation) of an artery, vein, or the heart. At the area of an…
- Consumption An old and once common term for wasting away of the body, particularly from pulmonary tuberculosis (TB)…
- Pregnancy symptoms Pregnancy symptoms: A symptom or sign of pregnancy. These symptoms and signs depend upon the time in…