| nonparametric |
Nonparametric refers to the absence of a specific functional form for a production technology. In practice, nonparametric is often a short-hand expression for mathematical programming.
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| nonsense mutation |
A mutation which converts an amino-acid-specifying codon into a stop codon, eg, a change from UAU (tyr) to UAG (amber) would lead to the premature termination of a polypeptide chain at the place where a tyrosine was inserted in the wild-type. See stop codon; suppressor.
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| non-Hodgkin's lymphoma |
any cancer in lymphoid tissue (found mostly in the spleen and lymph glands) that is not Hodgkin's disease
Ãâó: www.american-depot.com/services/resources_gl_n.asp
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| nondisjunction |
an error that occurs during the division of sex chromosomes, causing either too much or too little genetic information to be placed in an egg or sperm when it is formed
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| noninvasive |
a term that is used to describe medical procedures that do not enter or penetrate the body; also refers to noncancerous tumors that do not spread to other sections of the body
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