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bithorax complex(medicine)
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off-corn(dictionary)
corn oil(medicine)
sea corn(medicine)
corn(dictionary)
corn-row(dictionary)

bithorax complex (medicine) and corn(2) (iou)


bithorax complex (medicine)


bithorax complex
<genetics, molecular biology> A group of homeotic mutations of Drosophila that map to the bithorax region on chromosome III. The mutations all cause the third thoracic segment to develop like the second thoracic segment to varying extents. The genes of the bithorax complex are thought to determine the differentiation of the posterior thoracic segments and the abdominal segments.


corn(2) (iou)



corn noun2. LME.
[Anglo-Norman = Old & mod. French cor from Latin cornu horn.]
A small, horny, usu. tender area of thickened skin, esp. on the foot, caused by undue pressure.
tread on a person's corns: see TREAD verb.