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Transaminase, serum glutamic oxaloacetic
An enzyme that is normally present in liver and heart cells, and is released into blood when the liver or heart is damaged. Blood SGOT levels are thus elevated with liver damage (for example, from viral hepatitis) or with an insult to the…
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- Mycelia An array of fungal filaments which was thought to resemble a display of decorative nails. From the Greek…
- Olive In neuroanatomy, a rounded oval prominence on the surface of the medulla oblongata in the brain. There are…
- Dobelle See: Dobelle, William
- Peripheral nervous system ): That portion of the nervous system that is outside the brain and spinal cord. The peripheral nervous…
- Blood group An inherited feature on the surface of the red blood cells. A series of related blood types constitute a…
- Gallus gallus The Red Jungle Fowl, the ancestor of domestic chickens
- Superficial spreading melanoma See: Melanoma, superficial spreading
- Crotch A nonmedical term in common usage for the region where the legs come together, the place where the lower…
- Glans and foreskin, inflammation of the In the uncircumcised male, balanitis (inflammation of the glans, the rounded head of the penis) and posthitis…
- Archaeology The scientific study of the material remains of past peoples. In archaeology today, a range of biological…
- DOTS Stands for Directly Observed Treatment, Short-course. DOTS is a strategy used to reduce the number of…