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Imprinting, genomic
The phenomenon of parent-of-origin gene expression. The expression of a gene depends upon the parent who passed on the gene. For instance, two different disorders - Prader-Willi syndrome and Angelman syndrome -- are due to deletion of the…
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- Royal Society, the Nerable scientific society in England which in 1665 published one of the first 2 scientific journals in the…
- Hemoglobin A Normal adult hemoglobin, the main type of hemoglobin after infancy. The A stands for Adult
- Encephalitis, LAC LaCrosse encephalitis, one of the main types of encephalitis caused by an arbovirus in the US. An arbovirus…
- Cardiomyopathy Disease of the heart muscle (the myocardium). From the Greek roots: 'cardio-', heart + 'mys', muscle +…
- MCI Mild cognitive impairment
- Tomo- Or tom- before a vowel. A combining form meaning a cut, section, or layer, as might be achieved by cutting or…
- Neuralgia Pain along the course of a nerve
- Incubation period In medicine, the time from the moment of exposure to an infectious agent until signs and symptoms of the…
- Alembic A type of still, an apparatus used in the process of distillation. Alembics were employed in chemistry and…
- Gel electrophoresis The process in which molecules (such as proteins, DNA, or RNA fragments) can be separated according to size…
- Trismus-pseudocamptodactyly syndrome See: Hecht syndrome