Event, adverse
Event, adverse: In pharmacology, an unexpected or dangerous reaction to a drug.
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- Evertor
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- Evidence-based medicine
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- Evolution, biologic
Evolution, biologic: Biologic evolution was contrasted with cultural (social) evolution in 1968 by A.G. Motulsky who pointed out that biologic evolution is mediated by genes, shows a slow rate of change, employs random variation (mutations) and selection as agents of change, new variants are often harmful, these new variants are transmitted from parents to offspring, […]
- Evolutionarily conserved gene
Evolutionarily conserved gene: A gene that has remained essentially unchanged throughout evolution. Conservation of a gene indicates that it is unique and essential: There is not an extra copy of that gene with which evolution can tinker, and changes in the gene are likely to be lethal.