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Synthesis
Putting together different entities to make a whole which is new and different. In biochemistry, synthesis refers specifically to the process of building compounds from more elementary substances by means of one or more chemical reactions…
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Show more- Calamine An astringent made from zinc carbonate or zinc oxide, usually used in lotion form to treat skin problems that…
- Contrast Short for 'contrast media.' Contrast media are X-ray dyes used to provide contrast, for example, between…
- SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) The sudden and unexpected death of a baby with no known illness, typically affecting sleeping infants between…
- Recommended Dietary Allowance The RDA, the estimated amount of a nutrient (or calories) per day considered necessary for the maintenance of…
- Histone A protein around which DNA coils to form chromatin. Without this protein material, DNA could not organize…
- Pulled elbow See: Nursemaid's elbow
- Chewing tobacco Tobacco that is chewed, not smoked. A form of smokeless tobacco. Chewing tobacco and snuff are the two main…
- Iridectomy, peripheral See Peripheral iridectomy
- Neurology The medical specialty concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the nervous system -- the…
- Adverse event In pharmacology, any unexpected or dangerous reaction to a drug
- Werner-His disease Named for the German physician Heinrich Werner (who did not describe Werner's premature aging syndrome) and…
- Occam's razor The principle of scientific or, in medicine, diagnostic parsimony or 'unitarianism.' In medicine, a clinician…