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Genome, bovine
See: Bovine genome
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Show more- Directed DNA sequencing Successively sequencing DNA from adjacent stretches of a chromosome
- Symptom Any subjective evidence of disease. Anxiety, lower back pain, and fatigue are all symptoms. They are…
- Paragonimiasis Infection with the trematode (parasitic worm) Paragonimus. More than 10 species of trematodes (flukes) of the…
- Esophageal acid infusion test See: Bernstein test
- Lipoid nephrosis The earliest stage of nephrosis (the nephrotic syndrome of childhood). See: Minimal change disease. See also…
- Proliferative Growing and increasing in number rapidly. For example, the lymphoproliferative disorders are diseases in…
- Developmental delay Behind schedule in reaching milestones of early childhood development.
- SGOT Serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase, an enzyme that is normally present in liver and heart cells. SGOT is…
- Dystonia, focal, due to torticollis See: Focal dystonia due to torticollis
- OCP Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder.
- Study, preclinical A study to test a drug, procedure or medical treatment in animals. The aim is to collect data in support of…
- AV node An electrical relay station between the atria (the upper) and the ventricles (the lower chambers of the…