See Also: proctosigmoid(medicine)
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Annotation, genome (health) and proctosigmoid (medicine)


Annotation, genome (health)


The process of identifying the locations and the coding regions of genes in a genome and determining what those genes do. An annotation (irrespective of the context) is a note added by way of explanation or commentary. Once a genome is sequenced, it needs to be annotated to make sense of it.





proctosigmoid (medicine)


proctosigmoid


The area of the anal canal and sigmoid colon, usually used to describe the region visualised by sigmoidoscopy.