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desmosome

Medical; Human genome

1) Desmosomes are intercellular anchoring junctions that anchor intermediate filaments at membrane-associated plaques in adjoining cells. Desmosomes assemble in response to ...

cytoplasm

Medical; Human genome

1) The fluid inside a cell but outside the cell's nucleus. Most chemical reactions in a cell take place in the cytoplasm. 2) The cellular substance outside the nucleus in which ...

depression

Medical; Human genome

1) Unpleasant, but not necessarily irrational or pathological, mood state characterized by sadness, despair, or discouragement; "the blues"; may also involve low self-esteem, ...

DNA hybridization

Medical; Human genome

1) The process of joining two complementary strands of DNA or one each of DNA and RNA to form a double- stranded molecule. 2) Hybridization is the process of combining two ...

dentin

Medical; Human genome

The hard portion of the tooth surrounding the pulp, covered by enamel on the crown and cementum on the root, which is harder and denser than bone but softer than enamel, and is ...

coprolalia

Medical; Human genome

1) Obsessive or uncontrollable use of obscene language. 2) The use of obscene (as scatological) language as sexual gratification.

contig

Medical; Human genome

1) A group of overlapping clones representing regions of the genome; the contiguous sequence of DNA created by assembling these overlapping chromosome fragments. 2) Group of ...