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Tuberculosis, bovine
See: Bovine tuberculosis
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- Lipodystrophy A disorder of adipose (fatty) tissue characterized by a selective loss of body fat. Patients with…
- Chemoprevention The use of natural or laboratory-made substances to prevent a disease such as cancer. The regular use of…
- BRCA breast cancer gene Breast cancer gene: One of several genetic mutations linked to breast cancer and ovarian cancer. There is now…
- Palate, soft The muscular part of the roof of the mouth. The soft palate is directly behind the hard palate. It lacks bone…
- CNP Copy number polymorphism
- Qualify In medicine, to finish training. One of the first women to receive a medical degree (albeit pretending to be…
- Vulvar Pertaining to the vulva, the female external genitalia including the labia majora, labia minora, clitoris…
- Perrault syndrome An extraordinary genetic syndrome that is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner and affects both males…
- Epilepsy, grand mal See: Grand mal
- Peter Pan syndrome Term coined by pop psychology author Dan Kiley in his book 'Peter Pan syndrome: Men Who Have Never Grown Up.'…