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Disease, Charcot-Marie-Tooth
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- Colorectal adenoma and carcinoma 1 Abbreviated CRAC1. Also known as hereditary mixed polyposis syndrome. See: Hereditary mixed polyposis syndrome
- Naegleria fowleri A protozoa that is a pathogenic free-living ameba. Infection with Naegleria fowleri causes primary amebic…
- Research, controlled A study that compared results from a treated group and a control group. The control group may receive no…
- MHC Major histocompatibility complex
- Hypertensive Having abnormally high blood pressure (hypertension). See also: Hypotensive; Normotensive
- Serratus posterior superior One of the serratus muscles of the back and thorax. The serratus posterior superior originates from the…
- AMS (acute mountain sickness) Acute mountain sickness (AMS) is the effect on the body of being in a high altitude environment. AMS is…
- Programmed cell death A term often used interchangeably with apoptosis. See: Apoptosis
- Adenocarcinoma A cancer that develops in the lining or inner surface of an organ. More than 95 percent of prostate cancers…
- Antiparallel A term applied to two molecules that are side by side but run in opposite directions. The two strands of DNA…
- PAH Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon