Medical Definition of Bithorax

1. A group of genes (at least nine) found in the fruit fly genus Drosophila which codes for proper segmenting of the thorax (the middle body part of an insect, between the head and the abdomen) during the fruit fly's early development. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bithorax

bitewing
bitewings
bitewing film
bitewing radiograph
bite analysis
bite force
bite fork
bite gauge
bite off
bite out
bite plane
bite plate
bite rim
bite stick
bithionol
bithorax (current term)
bithorax complex
Bithynia
biting
bitingly
bitings
biting in
biting louse
biting midge
biting pressure
biting strength
Bitis
Bitis arietans
Bitis gabonica
bitless

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