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An acronym for the enzyme that hydrolyzes DNA.  

A coil or spiral containing the DNA.  

An acronym for the controversial drug, dimethyl sulfoxide, originally used by veterinarians to reduce joint inflammation in animals, and presently used by some athletes for joint and soft tissue injuries. Anti-inflammatory agent used topically to treat some injuries, or in combination with other drugs to facilitate their absorption through the skin. A chemical used in…

Lysergic acid, the psychoactive ingredient in LSD.  

According to Maslow, love characterized by seeking in another to meet one’s own deficiencies.  

A disturbed sense of relationship to space. The feeling that everything is going round because the sense of balance has been affected. Sensation of unsteadiness, faintness, or whirling in space, often with inability to maintain balance; it has many causes, including middle-ear disorder, drug (including alcohol) intoxication, and hypertension. A dizzy person is in danger…

A legal dissolution of marriage. The legal end to a marriage.  

In politics, a procedure to separate a matter to be voted upon into two or more questions.  

The assignment of various portions of a particular task among a number of organization members.  

Established in 1980 as a division of the Center for Health Promotion and Education in the CDC. Its major programs were as follows: (a) School Programs and Special Projects, (b) Behavioral Epidemiology and Evaluation Branch, and (c) Program Services and Development Branch.