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Amelogenesis
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D000566 |
[The elaboration of dental enamel by ameloblasts, beginning with its participation in the formation of the dentino-enamel junction to the production of the matrix for the enamel prisms and interprismatic substance. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992).
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Amelogenesis Imperfecta
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D000567 |
[A clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of hereditary conditions characterized by malformed DENTAL ENAMEL, usually involving DENTAL ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA and/or TOOTH HYPOMINERALIZATION.
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Amelogenin
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D053523 |
[A major dental enamel-forming protein found in mammals. In humans the protein is encoded by GENES found on both the X CHROMOSOME and the Y CHROMOSOME.
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Amenorrhea
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D000568 |
[Absence of menstruation.
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American Cancer Society
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D000570 |
[A voluntary organization concerned with the prevention and treatment of cancer through education and research.
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American Civil War
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D047831 |
[1861-1865 conflict between the Union (Northern states) and the 11 Southern states that seceded and were organized as the Confederate States of America.
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American Dental Association
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D000571 |
[Professional society representing the field of dentistry.
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American Heart Association
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D000572 |
[A voluntary organization concerned with the prevention and treatment of heart and vascular diseases.
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American Hospital Association
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D000573 |
[A professional society in the United States whose membership is composed of hospitals.
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American Medical Association
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D000574 |
[Professional society representing the field of medicine.
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American Native Continental Ancestry Group
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D044467 |
[Individuals whose ancestral origins are in the continents of the Americas.
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American Natives
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D000086562 |
[Members of indigenous populations within the United States.with pre-colonial contact origins. .
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American Nurses' Association
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D000575 |
[Professional society representing the field of nursing.
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American Public Health Association
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D040363 |
[Professional organization concerned with issues affecting personal and environmental health, including federal and state funding for health programs, programs related to chronic and infectious diseases, and professional education in public health.
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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
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D057171 |
[Public Law No: 111-5, enacted February 2009, makes supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for fiscal year ending September 30, 2009.
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American Revolution
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D047788 |
[Armed conflict that resulted in separation of American colonies from Britain and established the United States of America.
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American Samoa
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D018948 |
[A group of islands of SAMOA, in the southwest central Pacific. Its capital is Pago Pago. The islands were ruled by native chiefs until about 1869. An object of American interest beginning in 1839, Pago Pago and trading and extraterritorial rights were granted to the United States in 1878. The United States, Germany, and England administered the islands jointly 1889-99, but in 1899 they were granted to the United States by treaty. The Department of the Interior has administered American Samoa since 1951. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p44)
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American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
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D016235 |
[A professional society concerned with the diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and remediation of speech, language, and hearing disorders.
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Americas
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D000569 |
[The general name for NORTH AMERICA; CENTRAL AMERICA; and SOUTH AMERICA unspecified or combined.
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Americium
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D000576 |
[A completely man-made radioactive actinide with atomic symbol Am, and atomic number 95. Its valence can range from +3 to +6. Because of its nonmagnetic ground state, it is an excellent superconductor. It is also used in bone mineral analysis and as a radiation source for radiotherapy.
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