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Gametogenesis
The development and production of the male and female germ cells required to form a new individual. The male and female germ cells are called gametes. The gametes in human males are produced by the testes, two globe-shaped reproductive…
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- Axelrod, Julius (1912- ) American pharmacologist and neuroscientist who shared the 1970 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine…
- Nasal decongestant A drug that shrinks the swollen membranes in the nose, making it easier to breath. Decongestants can be taken…
- Conditioning 1) Exercise and practice to build the body up for either improved normal performance, as in physical therapy…
- Serum amyloid A A superfamily of acute-phase proteins. The level of serum amyloid A (SAA) in the blood increases dramatically…
- Rigor A word with two different but related meanings in medicine:1. A chill, usually with shivering, as at the…
- EC 1. Endocannabinoid.2. Extracranial.3. Embryonal carcinoma
- Ventilation The exchange of air between the lungs and the atmosphere so that oxygen can be exchanged for carbon dioxide…
- Methyl-CpG-binding protein-2 (MECP2) An enzyme which, when mutated, results in RTT (Rett syndrome), a genetic disease that is a uniform and…
- Retrospective diagnosis See: Retrodiagnosis
- Turner-Kieser syndrome See Nail-patella syndrome
- Osteolytic Pertaining to the dissolution of bone, especially the loss of calcium from bone. 'Punched-out' osteolytic…