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RNA inactivation
A technique for inactivating genes in a cell through the introduction of double-stranded RNA into the cell. RNA inactivation is based on the phenomenon that animal cells destroy RNA when they meet it in the form of a double strand. If a…
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Show more- Anesthetic, local An anesthetic that causes loss of feeling in a small part of the body
- Ear ringing Together with other abnormal ear noises, ear ringing is medically called tinnitus. Tinnitus can arise in any…
- Vater, papilla of See: Ampulla of Vater
- Burp 1. Gas brought up from the stomach through the mouth producing a gutteral noise.2. As a verb, to bring up gas…
- Complex partial seizure A form of partial seizure during which the person loses awareness. The patient does not actually become…
- Syndrome, autoimmune polyendocrinopathy A genetic autoimmune disease with an extraordinary array of clinical features but characterized most often by…
- Homosexuality Sexuality directed toward someone of the same sex
- Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma See: Adult T-cell leukemia
- Toilet 1. In medicine, cleansing of a wound and the skin around it. 2. In obstetrics, cleansing of a woman just…
- Lymphadenopathy-associated virus Another name for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS. Please see: Lymphadenopathy virus
- Toc- (prefix) Stemming from the Greek word 'tokos' meaning childbirth, we have toc-, toco-, tok-, and toko- as combining…
- Biochemical aspirin resistance The inability of aspirin to produce an anticipated effect on one or more tests of platelet function, such as…