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- HMS1 Homosexuality 1. An alleged gene for human male homosexuality. See: Gay gene
- Oscillopsia Oscillating vision. Swinging vision. In oscillopsia, objects seem to swing, move back and forth, jerk, or…
- Filial 1. In genetics, the first generation that results from the crossing of two parental lines, as the filial…
- Plasticity, brain See Neuroplasticity
- Gene product The RNA or protein that results from the expression of a gene. The amount of gene product is a measure of the…
- Tooth, cracked, syndrome A toothache caused by a broken tooth (tooth fracture) without associated cavity or advanced gum disease…
- Anisocytosis Excessive inequality in the size of the red blood cells. Anisocytosis ('aniso') is apparent on a blood smear…
- Retrodiagnosis Retrospective diagnosis. The proposal that the mysterious illness that killed Alexander the Great more than…
- Thrombolytic agent A drug that is able to dissolve a clot (thrombus) and reopen an artery or vein. Thrombolytic agents may be…
- Inheritance Not something that is contained in a will, but rather a gene, chromosome or genome that is transmitted from…