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The word "Cytomegalovirus" comes from the Greek word cyto meaning "cell", and the Greek word megalo meaning "large".
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I still occasionally use the endobrush for paps, even when doing thin preps, because sometimes the larger cyto-broom does not enter the endocervical canal.
Performing the Pelvic Exam aka TBTAM 2007
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Posted Nov 5, 2005 at 11:17 PM | Permalink | Reply cyto
Volkskrant: The Hockey Team Strikes Back « Climate Audit 2005
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Schleiden, and accepted by Schwann, the connection between the three co-existent cell-constituents was long thought to be of this nature: that the nucleolus was the first to show itself in the development of tissues, by separating out of a formative fluid (blastema, cyto-blastema), that it quickly attained a certain size, that then fine granules were precipitated out of the blastema and settled around it, and that about these there condensed a membrane.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science Various 1909
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According to Schwann, the intercellular substance was cyto-blastema destined for the development of new cells; I believe this is not so, I believe that the intercellular substance is dependent in a certain definite manner upon the cells, and that certain parts of it belong to one cell and parts to another.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science Various 1909
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FUSILEV enhances the cyto-toxicity of fluorouracil.
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The biology experiment mapped the cyto-skeletal forces that underlie the gravity-sensing mechanisms in the roots of plants and fungi.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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The biology experiment mapped the cyto-skeletal forces that underlie the gravity-sensing mechanisms in the roots of plants and fungi.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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This has raised many flags with people; because Mercury vapor are cyto-toxic, which means that it kills cells, even when the exposure is minute.
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SizeOn also contains a host of other cyto-volumizing constituents like 4-hydroxy-isoleucine, corosolic acid, a whopper dose of calcium, all three branched chain amino acids in the correct, optimum ratio along with a 100% daily supply of all water soluable vitamins.
Wil's Ebay E-Store amp;34; 2010
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