In acute laryngitis, which is the most common cause of voice loss and hoarseness, you suddenly lose your voice or become hoarse. Acute laryngitis can result from: Viral infection. Viral infections, such as those that cause the common cold, can cause your vocal cords to swell. Bacterial throat infection.
Hooch is a colloquial nickname for an illegally distilled corn or grain-based alcoholic beverage, also known as moonshine, PGA (pure grain alcohol), or creek water.
Hox genes are a group of related genes that control the body plan of an embryo along the head-tail axis. After the embryonic segments have formed, the Hox proteins determine the type of appendages or the different types of vertebrae that will form on a segment. Hox proteins thus confer segmental identity, but do not form the actual segments themselves. The term Hox itself is a contraction of homeobox, in the field of genetics. An analogy for the Hox genes can be made to the role of a play dire