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Virus, xenotropic
A virus that can grow in the cells of a species foreign to the normal host species, a species different from that which normally hosts it. Xeno- means foreign while -tropic refers to growth. So xeno- + -tropic = capable of growing in a…
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- Phage Short for bacteriophage, a virus that lives within a bacteria. A virus for which the natural host is a…
- Oogonium A female ancestral germ cell that divides several times to give rise to an oocyte that, in turn, develops…
- Foot-drop Dropping of the front of the foot due to weakness or paralysis of the anterior muscles of the lower leg…
- Morton's disease See: Morton's neuroma
- Cylindroma A benign tumor of skin adnexa such as the sweat gland, arising as a nodule on the scalp and, less often, the…
- Bisexual An individual who engages in both heterosexual and homosexual sexual relations. Bisexual can also refer to…
- Vertigo, benign paroxysmal positional (BPPV) A balance disorder that results in the sudden onset of dizziness, spinning, or vertigo when moving the head
- Linus Pauling See: Pauling, Linus
- Pneumopericardium Air or gas in the space between the heart and the pericardium, the membrane surrounding the heart.
- ATP 1. Adenosine triphosphate. 2. Acute thrombocytopenic purpura
- International AIDS Vaccine Initiative See: IAVI