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Prokaryotic
Pertaining to prokaryotes
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Show more- Villus, intestinal See: Intestinal villus
- Hypervolemic Pertaining to hypervolemia, an abnormal increase in blood volume. For example, hypervolemic hyponatremia…
- P.o. Abbreviation meaning by mouth, orally (from the Latin 'per os', by mouth). One of a number of hallowed…
- Suprarenal gland See adrenal gland.
- Gallus gallus The Red Jungle Fowl, the ancestor of domestic chickens
- Agent, antifungal A drug used to treat fungal infections. Examples of antifungal drugs include miconazole (MONISTAT) and…
- Somnolence Sleepiness, the state of feeling drowsy, ready to fall asleep. A person experiencing somnolence is somnolent…
- Alpha interferon A protein produced by the body in response to an infection. There are 3 major classes of interferon -- alpha…
- Shotgun sequencing An approach used to decode a genome by shredding ('shotgunning') it into smaller fragments of DNA which can…
- Immunocompromised Having an immune system that has been impaired by disease or treatment
- Conserved sequence A base sequence in a DNA molecule (or an amino acid sequence in a protein) that has remained essentially…
- Cholelithiasis 1. The presence of stones in the gallbladder or common bile duct. 2. The process of formation of such stones…