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- 18:03, 14 May 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+2,964) . . N Necrotizing fasciitis (Created page with "Necrotizing soft tissue infection is a rare but very severe type of bacterial infection. It can destroy the muscles, skin, and underlying tissue. The word "necrotizing" refers to...") (current)
- 16:29, 11 May 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+223) . . N Ergot (Created page with "Ergot is a fungus that lives on rye and other grasses and is pathogenic to its host as well as to humans and other animals that ingest it. Ergot is also a great source for the ar...") (current)
- 16:26, 11 May 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+4) . . Ergosterol (current)
- 16:26, 11 May 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+108) . . N Eratosthenes (Created page with "Eratosthenes of Cyrene was a Greek mathematician, geographer, poet, athlete, astronomer, and music theorist.") (current)
- 16:26, 11 May 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+268) . . N Pseudoscience (Created page with "Pseudoscience is the explanation of events through models that purport to be scientific but which, in practice, do not contain the hallmarks of science. For example, predictions ...") (current)
- 23:46, 8 May 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+388) . . N Solar eclipse (Created page with "As seen from the Earth, a solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth, and the Moon fully or partially blocks the Sun. This can happen only during a n...") (current)
- 23:46, 8 May 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+406) . . N Lunar eclipse (Created page with "A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes behind the Earth so that the Earth blocks the Sun's rays from striking the Moon. This can occur only when the Sun, Earth, and Moon are...") (current)
- 15:26, 6 May 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+449) . . N Runaway greenhouse effect (Created page with "The runaway greenhouse effect is an unstable situation that occurs when an atmosphere changes its composition in a way that leads it to continue to change more and more rapidly. ...") (current)
- 15:25, 6 May 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+1,879) . . N Thermal escape (Created page with "Atmospheric escape is the loss of planetary atmospheric gases to outer space. ==== Thermal escape mechanisms ==== One classical thermal escape mechanism is Jeans escape. In a ...") (current)
- 15:23, 6 May 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+1,197) . . N Accretion (Created page with "In astrophysics, the term accretion is used for at least two distinct processes. The first and most common is the growth of a massive object by gravitationally attracting more m...") (current)
- 21:30, 4 May 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+65) . . Osmosis (current)
- 21:30, 4 May 2012 (diff | hist) . . (-29) . . Osmosis: (Redirected page to Osmosis) (current)
- 16:11, 4 May 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+2,910) . . N Pyrobaculum aerophilum (Created page with "Pyrobaculum aerophilum is a rod-shaped hyperthermophilic archaeum that was first isolated from boiling marine water in Maronti Beach, Ischia, Italy. Pyrobaculum aerophilum derive...") (current)
- 22:43, 3 May 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+527) . . N Interferometer (Created page with "Interferometry refers to a family of techniques in which waves, usually electromagnetic, are superimposed in order to extract information about the waves. Interferometry is an im...") (current)
- 13:48, 29 April 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+33) . . Photosynthesis (current)
- 19:48, 27 April 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+7) . . N Obtest (Created page with "To beg.") (current)
- 19:41, 27 April 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+980) . . N Quasar (Created page with "In the 1960s it was observed that certain objects emitting radio waves but thought to be stars had very unusual optical spectra. It was finally realized that the reason the spect...") (current)
- 17:47, 25 April 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+485) . . N Ocular myasthenia (Created page with "Ocular myasthenia gravis (MG) is a disease of the neuromuscular junction resulting in hallmark variability in muscle weakness and fatigability. MG is an autoimmune disease where ...") (current)
- 20:34, 24 April 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+838) . . N Ras gene (Created page with "Ras gene is named for “rat sarcoma” (the particular diseased tissue in which it was found by Edward Scolnick in 1978). The ras gene is also present in the human genome, and i...") (current)
- 16:44, 23 April 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+449) . . N Jovian planet (Created page with "Jovian planets, also known as gas giants, is a collective term for Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. The term Jovian came from planet Jupiter, which describes the other gas gi...") (current)
- 16:42, 23 April 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+158) . . N Solar nebula (Created page with "The rotating flattened cloud of gas and dust from which the sun and the rest of the bodies in the solar system formed, about 4.56 × 10<sup>9</sup> years ago.") (current)
- 16:20, 23 April 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+755) . . N Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (Created page with "Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) is a distance-dependent interaction between the electronic excited states of two dye molecules in which excitation is transferred fr...") (current)
- 16:19, 23 April 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+1,314) . . N Bimolecular fluorescence complementation (Created page with "Bimolecular fluorescence complementation (also known as BiFC) is a technology typically used to validate protein interactions. It is based on the association of fluorescent prote...") (current)
- 01:03, 22 April 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+523) . . N Dissociation constant (Created page with "In chemistry, biochemistry, and pharmacology, a dissociation constant is a specific type of equilibrium constant that measures the propensity of a larger object to separate (diss...") (current)
- 01:03, 22 April 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+6) . . Kd (Redirected page to Dissociation constant) (current)
- 01:02, 22 April 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+981) . . N Kernicterus (Created page with "Kernicterus is a rare neurological condition that occurs in some newborns with severe jaundice. ==== Causes, incidence, and risk factors ==== Kernicterus is caused by very high...") (current)
- 23:34, 19 April 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+4) . . Attenuated live vaccine (current)
- 23:34, 19 April 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+6) . . Attenuated live vaccine
- 23:28, 19 April 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+1,355) . . N Attenuated live vaccine (Created page with "Live vaccines contain weakened forms of the organism that causes the disease. Such organisms are also called attenuated. There are many examples of highly successful vaccines tha...")
- 23:26, 19 April 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+125) . . N Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Created page with "Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the etiologic agent of tuberculosis in humans. Humans are the only reservoir for the bacterium.") (current)
- 23:25, 19 April 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+158) . . Transovarian transmission (current)
- 23:25, 19 April 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+675) . . N Transovarian transmission (Created page with "Transovarial or transovarian transmission occurs in certain arthropod vectors as they transmit disease-causing bacteria from parent arthropod to offspring arthropod. For instance...")
- 23:19, 19 April 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+108) . . N Mycetismus (Created page with "Mushroom poisoning or mycetismus is defined as distress resulting from the consumption of a fungal organism.") (current)
- 23:18, 19 April 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+338) . . N Mycotoxicosis (Created page with "A mycotoxin is a toxic secondary metabolite produced by organisms of the fungus kingdom, commonly known as molds. The term ‘mycotoxin’ is usually reserved for the toxic chemi...") (current)
- 20:02, 19 April 2012 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . Biology Forums Dictionary:Study Force Dictionary
- 20:00, 19 April 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+2,610) . . N Smallpox virus (Created page with "Smallpox (also called variola) is the only disease that has been completely wiped out throughout the world. Smallpox is also potentially one of the most devastating biological we...") (current)
- 18:34, 19 April 2012 (diff | hist) . . (-2) . . Biology Forums Dictionary:Study Force Dictionary
- 18:33, 19 April 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+2) . . Biology Forums Dictionary:Study Force Dictionary
- 17:38, 19 April 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+1,114) . . N Nosocomial infection (Created page with "A nosocomial infection ('''pronounced:''' nos-oh-koh-mi-al), also known as a hospital-acquired infection or HAI, is an infection whose development is favoured by a hospital envir...") (current)
- 17:18, 19 April 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+725) . . N Cysteine (Created page with "Cysteine is an amino acid, a building block of proteins that are used throughout the body. When taken as a supplement, it is usually in the form of N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC). The...") (current)
- 20:07, 18 April 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+480) . . N Clonal expansion (Created page with "Once displayed on the surface of the antigen-presenting cell, the foreign antigen-MHC complex is scanned by the millions of T cells present in the lymph nodes. If the T cell is a...") (current)
- 19:25, 18 April 2012 (diff | hist) . . (-1) . . Spongy parenchyma (current)
- 19:04, 18 April 2012 (diff | hist) . . (-2) . . Prezygotic isolating mechanisms (Redirected page to Prezygotic isolating mechanism) (current)
- 19:03, 18 April 2012 (diff | hist) . . (-227) . . Prezygotic isolating mechanisms (Redirected page to Reproductive isolating mechanism)
- 19:03, 18 April 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+283) . . Prezygotic isolating mechanism (current)
- 15:42, 14 April 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+105) . . N Atherosclerotic plaque (Created page with "The atherosclerotic plaque is a lesion that represents the culminative trauma of atherosclerotic disease.") (current)
- 15:41, 14 April 2012 (diff | hist) . . (-33) . . Phlebitis (current)
- 15:41, 14 April 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+314) . . Phlebitis
- 15:40, 14 April 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+137) . . N Thrombophlebitis (Created page with "Thrombophlebitis is swelling (inflammation) of a vein caused by a blood clot. http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/305/13/1372/F1.medium.jpg")
- 15:39, 14 April 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+137) . . N Phlebitis (Created page with "Thrombophlebitis is swelling (inflammation) of a vein caused by a blood clot. http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/305/13/1372/F1.medium.jpg")
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