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extracellular

Medical; Human genome

Situated or occurring outside a cell or the cells of the body (extracellular digestion, extracellular enzymes. )

edema

Medical; Human genome

1) Excessive amount of watery fluid accumulated in the intercellular spaces, most commonly present in subcutaneous tissue. 2) Swelling caused by excess fluid in body tissues.

dysplasia

Medical; Human genome

1) Cells that look abnormal under a microscope but are not cancer. 2) Variation in somatotype (as in degree of ectomorphy, endomorphy, or mesomorphy) from one part of a human ...

eponym

Medical; Human genome

1) The person for whom something (as a disease) is or is believed to be named. 2) A name (as of a drug or a disease) based on or derived from the name of a person.

dyskinesia

Medical; Human genome

1) Abnormal involuntary movements which primarily affect the extremities, trunk, or jaw that occur as a manifestation of an underlying disease process. Conditions which feature ...

ectoderm

Medical; Human genome

1) The outer of the three germ layers of the embryo. 2) Outermost of the three germ layers of the embryo (the other two being mesoderm and endoderm); ectoderm gives rise to ...

duplication

Medical; Human genome

1) The presence of an extra segment of DNA, resulting in redundant copies of a portion of a gene, an entire gene, or a series of genes, usually caused by unequal crossing-over ...