- Industry: Library & information science
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The National Library of Medicine (NLM), on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, is the world's largest medical library. The Library collects materials and provides information and research services in all areas of biomedicine and health care.
1) A description of a specific chromosome that uses defined mutations --specific deleted areas in the genome-- as 'biochemical signposts,' or markers for specific areas.
2) The use of overlapping deletions to localize the position of an unknown gene on a chromosome or linkage map.
Industry:Medical
1) A branch of biology dealing with the structure, function, multiplication, pathology, and life history of cells.
2) The cytological aspects of a process or structure.
Industry:Medical
Compound formed by the union of two radicals or two molecules of a simpler compound; a polymer formed from two molecules of a monomer.
Industry:Medical
1) A bluish or purplish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes due to an increase in the amount of deoxygenated hemoglobin in the blood or a structural defect in the hemoglobin molecule.
2) Blue-colored skin caused by too little oxygen in the blood.
Industry:Medical
1) The condition of an anatomical structure's being dilated beyond normal dimensions.
2) The presence of dilations in tissues or organs, usually attributable to a pathophysiologic process.
Industry:Medical
1) To enlarge, stretch, or cause to expand (dilate his pupils with atropine, the drug dilates peripheral arteries).
2) To become expanded or swollen (the cervix was dilating, the pupils dilated).
Industry:Medical
1) Intracellular fluid from the cytoplasm after removal of organelles and other insoluble cytoplasmic components.
2) That part of the cytoplasm that does not contain membranous or particulate subcellular components.
3) Cell substance which fills the cell compartment between the plasma membrane and the nuclear membrane.
Industry:Medical
The situation in which the alleged father of a particular individual is not the biological father.
Industry:Medical
1) Involuntary ("parrot-like"), meaningless repetition of a recently heard word, phrase, or song. This condition may be associated with transcortical aphasia; schizophrenia; or other disorders.
2) The often pathological repetition of what is said by other people as if echoing them.
Industry:Medical
