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Germ cell
The eggs and sperm are the germ cells: the reproductive cells. Each mature germ cell is haploid in that it has a single set of 23 chromosomes containing half the usual amount of DNA and half the usual number of genes. Except for the eggs…
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Show more- Fracture, clay-shoveler's An uncommon breakage of the spine of the vertebrae from the lower neck or upper back as a result of stress…
- Lymphoma Tumor of the lymphoid tissue. Diagnosis is by biopsy. Treatment may be chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, or…
- Neutropenia Neutropenia: Not enough neutrophils, neutrophils being a type of white blood cell (specifically a form of…
- Mucopolysaccharidosis type VIII DiFerrante syndrome, due to deficiency of the enzyme glucosamine-6-sulfate. See also Mucopolysaccharidosis.
- Collagen, type IV, alpha 5 See: COL4A5
- Honey bee allergy Allergic reactions to stings of the honey bee (Apis mellifera). These reactions can include dizziness…
- Blalock-Taussig operation A pioneering heart operation named after the American surgeon Alfred Blalock (1899-1964) and the pediatric…
- Repetitive stress injury Stress injury: A type of injury from recurrent stress, often associated with the heavy use of computers…
- Enzootic Endemic in animals. An enzootic disease is constantly present in an animal population, but usually only…
- Hepatic hemangioma Hepatic hemangioma: A common benign tumor of the liver made up of small blood vessels. It is 4-6 times more…
- Colinear Arranged in the same linear order. See: Colinearity
- Pain, breast Pain in the breast or mammary gland, known medically as mastalgia. From the Greek masto-, breast + algos, pain