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Biotechnology
The fusion of biology and technology. Biotechnology is the application of biological techniques to product research and development. In particular, biotechnology involves the use by industry of recombinant DNA, cell fusion, and new…
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Show more- Scutellaria See: Scutellaria barbata
- Gustavson syndrome A disorder first reported in 1999 by Gustavson and colleagues as a new X-linked mental retardation syndrome…
- Swan-Ganz catheter See: Catheter, Swan-Ganz
- Remedy Something that consistently helps treat or cure a disease. From the Latin 'remedium' meaning that which heals…
- Cryptosporidium enteritis See: Cryptosporidiosis
- Juvenile polyposis coli See: Juvenile polyposis
- TRNA Transfer RNA
- Eidetic 1. Marked by extraordinarily accurate and vivid recall, especially of images. 2. By extension, an individual…
- Bile Bile is a yellow-green fluid that is made by the liver, stored in the gallbladder and passes through the…
- Babinski reflex An important neurologic test based, believe it or not, upon what the big toe does when the sole of the foot…
- Four-finger line See: Simian crease
- Innervation The nerve supply, usually to a specific part of the body. The innervation of the cornea is dense