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United States Department of Health and Human Services, Radiation Emergency Medical Management
Having to do with beliefs about what is right and wrong in terms of how people behave. Also called moral.
Industry:Health care
An inherited increase in the risk of developing a disease. Also called genetic susceptibility.
Industry:Health care
Having to do with substances that are man-made instead of taken from nature.
Industry:Health care
A condition in which the conjunctiva (membranes lining the eyelids and covering the white part of the eye) become inflamed or infected. Also called pinkeye.
Industry:Health care
Information about specific genes, including variations and gene expression, in an individual or in a certain type of tissue. A genetic profile may be used to help diagnose a disease or learn how the disease may progress or respond to treatment with drugs or radiation.
Industry:Health care
Analyzing DNA to look for a genetic alteration that may indicate an increased risk for developing a specific disease or disorder.
Industry:Health care
The study of genes and heredity. Heredity is the passing of genetic information and traits (such as eye color and an increased chance of getting a certain disease) from parents to offspring.
Industry:Health care
The colored tissue at the front of the eye that contains the pupil in the center. The iris helps control the size of the pupil to let more or less light into the eye.
Industry:Health care
