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contiguous

Medical; Human genome

Being in actual contact: touching along a boundary or at a point.

endometrium

Medical; Human genome

1) The mucous membrane lining of the uterine cavity that is hormonally responsive during the menstrual cycle and pregnancy. The endometrium undergoes cyclic changes that ...

expressivity

Medical; Human genome

The relative capacity of a gene to affect the phenotype of the organism of which it is a part.

epidermis

Medical; Human genome

1) The external, nonvascular layer of the skin. It is made up, from within outward, of five layers of epithelium: (a) basal layer (stratum basale epidermidis); (b) spinous layer ...

eukaryotic cell

Medical; Human genome

Cells of the higher organisms, containing a true nucleus bounded by a nuclear membrane.

epididymis

Medical; Human genome

1) The convoluted cordlike structure attached to the posterior of the testis. Epididymis consists of the head (caput), the body (corpus), and the tail (cauda). A network of ...

fanconi syndrome

Medical; Human genome

A disorder of reabsorption in the proximal convoluted tubules of the kidney characterized especially by the presence of glucose, amino acids, and phosphates in the urine.