| smallpox virus |
Smallpox (also known by the Latin names Variola or Variola vera) is a highly contagious disease unique to humans. It is caused by two virus variants called Variola major and Variola minor. V. major is the more deadly form, with a typical mortality of 20-40 percent of those infected. The other type, V. minor, only kills 1% of its victims. Many survivors are left blind in one or both eyes from corneal ulcerations, and persistent skin scarring - pockmarks - is nearly universal. ...
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| small cell lung cancer |
A type of lung cancer in which the cells appear small and round when viewed under the microscope. Also called oat cell lung cancer.
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| small nuclear ribonucleoprotein |
(snRNP; pronounced snurp(s)) A compound comprising small nuclear RNA (qv) and nuclear protein, that is heavily involved in the post-transcriptional processing of mRNA, especially the removal of introns. snRNPs are a major component of spliceosomes (qv).
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| small nuclear RNA |
(snRNA) Short RNA transcripts of 100-300 bp that associate with proteins to form small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particles (snRNPs) (qv); most snRNAs are components of the spliceosomes (qv) that excise introns from pre-mRNAs in RNA processing. See RNA.
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| small intestine |
the long tube running from the stomach to the large intestine that is involved in digestion of foods and absorption of nutrients
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