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graft-versus-host disease

Medical; Human genome

1) A reaction of donated stem cells against the patient's tissue. 2) A bodily condition that results when T cells from a usually allogeneic tissue or organ transplant and ...

hermaphrodite

Medical; Human genome

1) An organism having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs. 2) An abnormal individual especially among the higher vertebrates having both male and female ...

haplotype map (HapMap)

Medical; Human genome

The nickname of the International HapMap Project, an international project that seeks to relate variations in human DNA sequences with genes associated with health. A haplotype ...

homologous chromosomes

Medical; Human genome

The two chromosomes from a particular pair, normally one inherited from the mother and one from the father, containing the same genetic loci in the same order.

hyperostosis

Medical; Human genome

Increase in the mass of bone per unit volume.

hepatosplenomegaly

Medical; Human genome

Coincident enlargement of the liver and spleen.

hydrocephalus

Medical; Human genome

1) Excessive accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid within the cranium which may be a congenital or acquired disorder; hydrocephalus ex-vacuo refers to ventricular dilation that ...