Sponge

A soft flexible, absorbent pad usually made from natural material such as gauze or cotton, used to absorb blood and other fluids, as in surgery or the dressing of a wound. The term also refers to a small absorbent contraceptive pad that contains a spermicide and is placed against the cervix of the uterus before sexual intercourse. (NCI Thesaurus)

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Spondylolysis

Dissolution of a vertebra, especially the pars interarticularis.

Spondylolisthesis

Forward displacement of one vertebra over another.

Spoken Language

Communication by means of words or sounds uttered through the mouth.

SPO11 wt Allele

Human SPO11 wild-type allele is located within 20q13.2-q13.3 and is approximately 14 kb in length. This allele, which encodes meiotic recombination protein…

SPO11 Gene

This gene plays a role in meiotic recombination and centromere association.

SPN wt Allele

Human SPN wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 16p11.2 and is approximately 8 kb in length. This allele, which encodes…