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31Gaucher disease — ▪ disease rare inherited metabolic disorder characterized by anemia, mental and neurologic impairment, yellowish pigmentation of the skin, enlargement of the spleen, and bone deterioration resulting in pathological fractures. Gaucher… …
32human disease — Introduction an impairment of the normal state of a human being that interrupts or modifies its vital functions. health versus disease Before human disease can be discussed, the meanings of the terms health, physical fitness, illness …
33Mendel, Gregor — ▪ Austrian botanist Introduction in full Gregor Johann Mendel , original name (until 1843) Johann Mendel born July 22, 1822, Heinzendorf, Austria [now Hynčice, Czech Rep.] died Jan. 6, 1884, Brünn, Austria Hungary [now Brno, Czech Rep.]… …
34expression — 1. Squeezing out; expelling by pressure. 2. Mobility of the features giving a particular emotional significance to the face. SYN: facies (3) [TA]. 3. Any act by an individual. 4. Something that manifests something else. 5. The act of allowing… …
35Dominant white — This dominant white Thoroughbred stallion (W2/+) has one form of dominant white. His skin, hooves, and coat lack pigment cells, giving him a pink skinned white coat. Dominant white is a group of genetically related coat color conditions in the… …
36List of Star Wars species (F–J) — Contents 1 Falleen 2 Far Outsiders 3 Feeorin 4 Ferroans …
37Melanin theory — is a pseudoscientific theory, founded in the distortion of the known physical properties of melanin, a natural polymer and organic semiconductor.[1] In humans, melanin is the primary determinant of skin color. People whose ancestors lived for… …
38recessive — adjective 1》 Genetics relating to or denoting heritable characteristics controlled by genes which are expressed in offspring only when inherited from both parents. Often contrasted with dominant. 2》 undergoing an economic recession. 3》 Phonetics… …
39recessive — /rəˈsɛsɪv / (say ruh sesiv) adjective 1. tending to recede; receding. 2. Biology relating to or exhibiting a recessive, as opposed to a dominant. 3. Phonetics (of stress) showing a tendency to recede from the end towards the beginning of a word.… …
40recessive — [ri ses′iv] adj. [< L recessus (see RECESS) + IVE] 1. receding or tending to recede 2. Genetics designating or relating to that one of any pair of allelic hereditary factors which, when both are present in the germ plasm, remains latent:… …
