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1. adipokine, n. View full entry 2001
...Any of a group of cytokine hormones synthesized by adipose tissue, including leptin and adiponectin....
2. Kenyanthropus, n. View full entry 2001
...An extinct hominid, Kenyanthropus platyops, known from Pliocene fossil remains found in northern Kenya dated to between 3.5 and 3.2 million years ago, and usually interpreted as one of several...
3. metabolomic, adj. View full entry 2001
...Of or relating to metabolomics or a metabolome....
4. Norovirus, n. View full entry 2002
...A genus of caliciviruses comprising the Norwalk virus, which causes epidemic gastroenteritis in humans, and closely related caliciviruses; (also norovirus) a virus of this genus....
5. Orrorin, n. View full entry 2001
...An extinct hominid, Orrorin tugenensis, known from late Miocene fossil remains found in the Tugen Hills of Kenya, and dated to between 6.2 and 5.6 million years ago. Also: the...
6. Rg, n. View full entry 2004
...The element roentgenium....
7. roentgenium, n. View full entry 2004
...A radioactive transuranic chemical element, atomic number 111, produced artificially. Symbol Rg....
8. Sahelanthropus, n. View full entry 2002
...An extinct hominid, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, known from late Miocene fossil remains found in northern Chad, and dated to about seven million years ago. Also: the genus Sahelanthropus itself....
9. SARS, n. View full entry 2003
...Severe acute respiratory syndrome, an infectious disease caused by a coronavirus, usually presenting with fever, malaise, and cough, and progressing in a proportion of cases to pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome...
