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Aplasia of the breast
Breast: A rare condition wherein the normal growth of the breast or nipple never takes place. They are congenitally absent. There is no sign whatsoever of the breast tissue, areola or nipple. There is nothing there. Breast aplasia (also…
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- Gametophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of being married. Sufferers of gametophobia experience undue anxiety even…
- Vomit Matter from the stomach that has come up into and may be ejected beyond the mouth, due to the act of…
- Glaucoma detection You may know of the 'air puff' test or other tests used to measure eye pressure in an eye examination. But…
- JCI The Journal of Clinical Investigation, a highly regarded biomedical journal
- Octogenarian Someone in his or her eighties, that is, between 80 and 89 years of age. See also: Age by decade
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- Birth rate The birth rate is usually given as the number of live births divided by the average population (or the…
- Linkage map A map of the genes on a chromosome based on linkage analysis. A linkage map does not show the physical…