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- Wing bone See: SAD.
- Antisocial personality disorder Antisocial personality disorder: A pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others…
- Prophase chromosome A chromosome at the prophase stage in the cell cycle, before metaphase (when a chromosome is most highly…
- Apophysitis calcaneus Also called Sever's condition, this disorder is due to inflammation of the growth plate of the calcaneus, the…
- Haemophilus influenzae genome See: H. flu genome
- Bypass, cardiopulmonary Bypass of the heart and lungs as, for example, in open heart surgery. Blood returning to the heart is…
- Macrobiotic Macrobiotic refers to the macrobiota, a region's living organisms (or flora and fauna) large enough to be…
- Delta cell, pancreatic A type of cell in the pancreas (the organ of the digestive system located behind the stomach). Within the…
- Modelling, chromatin See: Chromatin remodeling
- Syndrome, incontinentia pigmenti A genetic disease that begins soon after birth with the development of blisters on the trunk and limbs. These…