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Virus
A microorganism smaller than a bacteria, which cannot grow or reproduce apart from a living cell. A virus invades living cells and uses their chemical machinery to keep itself alive and to replicate itself. It may reproduce with fidelity…
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- FEMA A name well known to people in the US who have experienced a major natural or made-man disaster. FEMA stands…
- Pernicious anemia Pernicious anemia: A blood disorder caused by inadequate vitamin B12 in the blood. Patients who have this…
- Injection snoreplasty To harm, hurt, or wound. The word injure may be in physical or emotional sense. Treadmill machines may injure…
- Female gonad The female gonad, the ovary or 'egg sac', is one of a pair of reproductive glands in women. They are located…
- Recurrent trisomy Recurrence of trisomy, as when there are two or more children with trisomy in the same family. Recurrent…
- Menstruation Menstruation: The periodic blood that flows as a discharge from the uterus. Also called menorrhea, the time…
- Hallucination, musical See: Musical hallucination
- Growth differentiation factor 8 Also called myostatin. See: Myostatin
- Glycoprotein A molecule that consists of a carbohydrate plus a protein. Glycoproteins play essential roles in the body…
- Translocation 11 childhood leukemia A new type of childhood leukemia in which a piece of chromosome 11 has been translocated (broken off and…
- ALS6 See: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 6