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Vocabulary

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Amino Acid   An organic molecule possessing both carboxyl and amino groups. Amino acids serve as the monomers of proteins.  
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Alpha-globin   The polypeptide chain of hemoglobin that is designated alpha.  
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Beta-globin   The polypeptide chain of hemoglobin that is designated beta and that when deficient or defective causes various anemias (as beta-thalassemia or sickle-cell anemia).  
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Complication   A secondary disease or condition that develops in the course of a primary disease or condition and arises either as a result of it or from independent causes.  
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Hemoglobin   An iron-containing protein in red blood cells that reversibly binds oxygen.  
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Prognosis   The prospect of survival and recovery from a disease as anticipated from the usual course of that disease or indicated by special features of the case.  
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Protein   A three-dimensional biological polymer constructed from a set of 20 different monomers called amino acids.  
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Sickle cell   Deformed red blood cells that can lead to numerous symptoms and caused by a genetic mutation in the hemoglobin protein.  
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Symptom   Subjective evidence of disease or physical disturbance observed by the patient; for example a headache is a symptom of many diseases.  
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Trait   An inherited characteristic.  
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