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Mendelian inheritance
The manner in which genes and traits are passed from parents to their children. The four modes of Mendelian inheritance are autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive, X-linked dominant and X-linked recessive. The term 'mendelian' refers to…
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- Vertigo Aside from being the name of a classic 1958 Alfred Hitchcock film (with Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak), vertigo…
- Syndrome, Shprintzen See: Velocardiofacial syndrome
- Radiation 1. Rays of energy. Gamma rays and X-rays are two of the types of energy waves often used in medicine. 2. The…
- Neuropathologist A pathologist who specializes in the diagnosis of diseases of the brain and nervous system by microscopic…
- MCAT The Medical College Admissions Test, a test that is required of all applicants to medical school in the U.S…
- Oneiric Relating to dreams; dream-like. From the Greek 'oneiros' (dream). See oneirophrenia
- Incurable Not amenable to a cure. Incapable of being cured, healed and made well again. Many pancreatic cancers are…
- Toluidine A chemical compound implicated, along with aniline, in the causation of bladder cancer. Aniline and…
- Breast cancer, familial A number of factors have been identified that increase the risk of breast cancer. One of the strongest of…
- VDRL test A blood test for syphilis (VDRL stands for Venereal Disease Research Laboratory) that detects an antibody…
- Growth differentiation factor 8 Also called myostatin. See: Myostatin