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Clotbuster
An informal term for a drug that can dissolve a clot. See: Thrombolytic agent
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- Jejunal Having to do with the jejunum.
- Gene The basic biological unit of heredity. A segment of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) needed to contribute to a…
- Centimorgan (cM) A unit of measure of genetic recombination frequency. One cM is equal to a 1% chance that a marker at one…
- Dysfunction, orgasmic See: Anorgasmia
- DNA virus A virus in which the genetic material is DNA rather than RNA. The DNA may be either double- or…
- Genomics, structural The study of the proteome, the three-dimensional structures of all of the proteins produced by a species. In…
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- Monoamine oxidase inhibitor One of a potent class of medications used to treat depression. Abbreviated MAOI.
- Hejama Alternate Arabic term for cupping. The preferred Arabic term for this practice is al-hijamah. See: Cupping