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Population Growth and Survivorship
By: Maria Victoria Gonzaga Previously, we learned about biodiversity and endemism. Now, let's look at the... Read More
Health transition
Health transition Demographic and epidemiologic changes that have occurred in the last five decades in many developing... Read More
Circinate retinopathy
Circinate retinopathy a retinal degeneration marked by a girdle of sharply defined white exudates around an edematous... Read More
Age groups
Age groups persons classified by age from birth (infant, newborn) to octagenarians and older (aged, 80 and... Read More
Epidemic vertigo
Epidemic vertigo --> vestibular neuronitis a paroxysmal attack of severe vertigo, not accompanied by deafness or... Read More
Nonsense mutation
A nonsense mutation is the type of point mutation that renders the translation process useless by coding for a stop/nonsense... Read More
Lipofuscin
Definition noun, plural: lipofuscins (cell biology) Any of the minute, yellow-brown, lipogenic pigment granules that... Read More
Demographic transition
The demographic transition model is a theoretical framework that explains the historical shift in population dynamics as a... Read More
Degenerative disease
Degenerative Disease Definition A degenerative disease is defined as a disease characterized by the worsening condition due... Read More