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Health care

Of or pertaining to the prevention and treatment of illness, and the preservation of physical and mental well-being, through the services provided by medical professionals.

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autopolyploid

Health care; Genetic disorders

An individual or strain whose chromosome complement consists of more than two complete copies of the genome of a single ancestral species.

B-lymphocytes

Health care; Genetic disorders

A white blood cell that comes from bone marrow. As part of the immune system, B cells make antibodies and help fight infections.

trinucleotide repeat testing

Health care; Genetic disorders

Quantification of the number of trinucleotide repeats (sets of three nucleotides of identical sequence) in a segment of DNA.

preauricular

Health care; Genetic disorders

Situated or occurring anterior to the auricle of the ear (preauricular lymph nodes).

paracrine

Health care; Genetic disorders

one of three fundamental types (with autocrine and endocrine) of cellular regulation by intercellular diffusible factors, where the diffusible factor exerts a regulatory influence ...

biotin

Health care; Genetic disorders

A water-soluble, enzyme co-factor present in minute amounts in every living cell. It occurs mainly bound to proteins or polypeptides and is abundant in liver, kidney, pancreas, ...