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NIDDK (Nat'l Institute of Diabetes and Kidney)
And Kidney Diseases): One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S., the NIDDK has a multisystem name and a comparably broad mission, namely, to 'conduct and support basic and applied research and provide leadership for a national…
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Show more- Coenzyme A substance that enhances the action of an enzyme. (An enzyme is a protein that functions as a catalyst to…
- Breast, infiltrating lobular carcinoma of the Ast, infiltrating lobular carcinoma of the : Infiltrating lobular carcinoma is the second most common type of…
- Legg disease See Legg-Calve-Perthes disease
- Retrovirus An RNA virus (a virus composed not of DNA but of RNA). Retroviruses have an enzyme called reverse…
- Toll-like receptor 4 TLR4. One in a family of receptors that provide critical links between immune stimulants produced by…
- High blood sugar An elevated level of the sugar glucose in the blood. Also called hyperglycemia. High blood sugar is a finding…
- Romano-Ward syndrome See: Long QT syndrome
- Pimply Having pimples. Papuliferous and papilliferous are fancy words for what is simply pimply
- Bone Bone is the substance that forms the skeleton of the body. It is composed chiefly of calcium phosphate and…
- De Musset sign Rhythmic nodding or bobbing of the head in synchrony with the heart beat, a sign of aortic insufficiency…
- Lentigines When there is one lentigo, there are usually more lentigines
- Mast cell tumor A mastocytoma