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Fatal familial insomnia
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- National Institute of Neurological Disorders Stroke (NINDS): One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S., the NINDS's mission is to 'support and…
- Acentric chromosome A fragment of a chromosome (one of the microscopically visible carriers of the genetic material DNA) that is…
- Cardiac arrest A medical emergency with absent or inadequate contraction of the left ventricle of the heart that immediately…
- Medicalize To identify a condition as a disorder requiring medical treatment. The term 'medicalize' is usually used in a…
- Nook Barker See: Barker, Horace Albert
- Microcytic 1. Any abnormally small cell. The opposite is macrocytic, an abnormally large cell. 2. An abnormally small…
- Scrotum A pouch of skin which contains the testes, epididymides, and lower portions of the spermatic cords.
- Margaret Mead See: Mead, Margaret
- Threonine An amino acid, one of the 20 building blocks of protein. A dietary essential amino acid, threonine is…
- Monocyte chemotactic protein-1 See: MPC1
- Nail grooves See: Beau's lines