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Cell, fat
A cell containing fat. Also called an adipocyte. A fat cell, or adipocyte, is a connective tissue cell that has differentiated and become specialized in the synthesis (manufacture) and storage of fat. The fat cell (adipocyte) is important…
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Show more- FISH Abbreviation for fluorescence in situ hybridization, a molecular technique used in chromosome studies. FISH…
- Tick, Rocky Mountain wood See Rocky Mountain wood tick
- Subacute Rather recent onset or somewhat rapid change. The term 'subacute' is used in contrast to acute which…
- Multiple personality disorder A neurosis in which the personality becomes dissociated into two or more distinct parts each of which becomes…
- Scintigraphy A diagnostic test in which a two-dimensional picture of a body radiation source is obtained through the use…
- Neural tube defect Pain along the course of a nerve.
- Strontium An earth element and metal with atomic no. 38, atomic wt. 87.62 that is used in a radioactive form for…
- Skittles Street name for dextromethorphan (DXM)
- Desmoplastic reaction This term refers to the growth of fibrous or connective tissue. Some tumors elicit a desmoplastic reaction…
- Cervical cerclage The surgical placement of a purse-string suture around an incompetent cervix, one that is abnormally liable…
- Vaccination, H. flu This immunization is designed to prevent disease due to Haemophilus influenzae (H. flu), specifically…
- Acetylcholinesterase An enzyme that breaks down the neurotransmitter acetylcholine at the synaptic cleft (the space between two…