Of course, not everyone feels that way during a closed-bore MRI, but itâs something to be wary of just in case. What if You Donât Think a Closed-Bore MRI Will Work For You? Thereâs two major reasons that someone might feel like they cannot undergo an MRI in a closed-bore machine.
estivation n 1: (zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period [syn: {aestivation}] 2: (botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens [syn: {aestivation}]
Definition of X inactivation. X inactivation: The phenomenon in a female by which one X chromosome (either the maternally or paternally derived X) is randomly (by chance) inactivated in an early embryonic cell, with fixed inactivation of that same X in all cells descended from that cell.t also occurs in males with Klinefelter syndrome who have more than one X chromosome. The phenomenon of X inactivation is also called lyonization after the English geneticist Mary Lyon (1925-) who first described it.