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121Organ trade — is the trade involving human organs for transplantation. There is a worldwide shortage of organs available for transplantation,[1] possibly a result of regulations forbidding their trafficking.[2] Contents 1 Legal organ trade …
122United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
123genetics, human — ▪ biology Introduction study of the inheritance of characteristics by children from parents. Inheritance in humans does not differ in any fundamental way from that in other organisms. The study of human heredity occupies a central… …
124immune system disorder — Introduction Disorders of the immune systemany of various failures in the body s defense mechanisms against infectious organisms (see table (Disorders of the immune system)). Disorders of immunity include immune deficiency diseases, such… …
125Medawar, Sir Peter B. — ▪ British zoologist in full Sir Peter Brian Medawar born Feb. 28, 1915, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil died Oct. 2, 1987, London, Eng. Brazilian born British zoologist who received with Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet (Burnet, Sir Macfarlane) the Nobel… …
126Systemic lupus erythematosus — For other uses, see lupus (disambiguation). Systemic lupus erythematosus Classification and external resources The typical butterfly rash found in lupus ICD 10 L …
127Empty nose syndrome — (ENS) is a medical term coined by Dr. Kern and Dr. Stenquist (1996) to describe a cluster of symptoms that often occurs when a nose is crippled by over resection of the inferior and/or middle turbinates of the nose. ENS can be considered as a… …
128Ocular prosthesis — For the functional replacement or bionic eye, see Visual prosthetic. An ocular prosthesis …
