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  • Kisch’s reflex

    Closure of an eye resulting from stimulation by heat or some tactile irritant on the auditory meatus.  

  • Kinocilium

    Protoplasmic filament on the cell surface.  

  • Kinky hair disease

    A congenital syndrome caused by an autosomal recessive gene, consisting of short, sparse, often poorly pigmented, kinky hair and physical and mental retardation. The disease is due to a metabolic defect that causes an abnormality in the fatty acid composition of the gray matter of the brain. Death follows progressive severe degenerative changes in the…

  • Kink

    An unnatural angle or bend in a duct or tube such as the intestine, umbilical cord, or ureter.  

  • Plasma kininases

    Plasma carboxypeptidases that inactivate plasma kinins.  

  • Kingella kingae

    A species that may cause bone or joint infections in children.  

  • Kingella

    A genus of gram negative bacilli of the family Neisseriaceae, normal flora of the oral cavity.  

  • Imogene king

    A nurse educator and theorist who developed King’s Conceptual System (formerly called the General Systems Framework) and the Theory of Goal Attainment.  

  • Cell kinetics

    The study of cells and their growth and division. Study of these factors has led to understanding of cancer cells and has been useful in developing chemotherapeutic methods.  

  • Kinetics

    The branch of mechanics that examines the forces acting on the body during movement and the motion with respect to time and forces.  

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