| familial adenomatous polyposis |
Also known as Gardner
Ãâó: www.vh.org/adult/patient/cancercenter/prevention/p...
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| famine |
Drastic, wide-reaching, long-term shortages or lack of food caused by the regional failure of food production or good distribution systems. Starvation and disease can result.
Ãâó: www.ecohealth101.org/glossary.html
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| family |
The fifth group that scientists classify living things into. Each order is split into families. Example: The Muridae Family is in the Rodent Order.
Ãâó: www.fcps.k12.va.us/StratfordLandingES/Ecology/mpag...
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| familial Mediterranean fever |
Autosomal recessive inheritance. Causes attacks of abdominal pain, fever and arthritis. Amyloidosis occurs. Predominantly affects Mediterranean races - eg Sephardic Jews.
Ãâó: www.ilar.org/Glossary/Glossary_f.htm
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| family |
(FAM-il-ee) -- A natural unit in taxonomy wherein one or more genera are combined because of a number of similar characteristics, eg, Orchidacae.
Ãâó: www.psfdev.com/los/glossary/family.html
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