Literally
81voltage gradient — Literally, the electric field in a region, defined as the potential difference between two points divided by the distance between them. Used more loosely, the potential difference across a plasma membrane …
82xenogeneic — Literally, of foreign genetic stock; usually applied to tissue or cells from another species, as in xenogeneic transplantation …
83xenotropic — Literally ‘growing in a foreign environment’. Especially of endogenous retroviruses transmitted genetically in the host of their origin but that can only replicate in the cells of a different species …
84Aphasia — Literally aphasia means no speech. Aphasia can apply to a defect in expression or comprehension. * * * Impaired or absent comprehension or production of, or communication by, speech, writing, or signs, due to an acquired lesion of the dominant… …
85Bloody show — Literally, the appearance of blood. The bloody show consists of blood tinged mucus created by extrusion and passage of the mucous plug that filled the cervical canal (the canal between the vagina and uterus) during pregnancy. The bloody show is… …
86Breech birth — Literally, delivery of the baby by the buttocks first, rather than the head as is usual. Breech birth is more likely to cause injury to the mother or the infant. In many cases a baby in the breech position can be “turned” before delivery using… …
87Clone — Literally a fragment, the word in modern medical science has come to mean a replica, for example, of a group of bacteria or a macromolecule such as DNA. Clone also refers to an individual developed from a single somatic (non germ) cell from a… …
88Endocrinopathy — Literally, a disease of an endocrine gland. A medical term for a hormone problem. For example, hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, etc. * * * A disorder in the function of an endocrine gland and the consequences thereof. [endocrine + G. pathos,… …
89Eugenics — Literally, meaning normal genes, eugenics aims to improve the genetic constitution of the human species by selective breeding. The use of Albert Einstein s sperm to conceive a child (by artificial insemination) would represent an attempt at… …
90Euphenics — Literally meaning normal appearing, euphenics aims to improve the outcome of a genetic disease by altering the environment. An illustration: children born with the genetic disease phenylketonuria (PKU) can avoid the expression of their disease by …
