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Homeotherm
A homeotherm is a warm-blooded animal (such as homo sapiens). Another term for us warm-blooded creatures is endotherm. Those of us who are homeotherms or endotherms are as opposed to a poikilotherm (an organism such as a frog that is…
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- Hexosaminidase A deficiency See: Tay-Sachs disease
- Seven day diet The Seven day diet is any weight loss plan designed to be followed for seven days at a time. There are many…
- Cancer, basal cell Cancer, basal cell: The most common type of skin cancer, a disease in which the cancer cells resemble the…
- Masochism Pleasure from one's own pain. Masochism is considered a sexual disorder, or paraphilia. Named after the…
- Gastric emptying study Gastric emptying study: A gastric emptying study evaluates the emptying of food from the stomach. For a…
- Critical incident stress management Cross-shaped. "Cruciate" comes from the Latin "crux" which means "cross". (That is the crux of this matter)…
- Ectodermal Pertaining to the ectoderm or to tissues derived from the ectoderm, one of the three primary germ cell layers…
- Anemia, addisonian Anemia, addisonian: A blood disorder caused by a lack of vitamin B12. Patients who have this disorder do not…
- Helix, double The structure of DNA with the two strands of DNA spiraling about one other. The double helix looks something…
- Cranial nerve, seventh The seventh cranial nerve is the facial nerve, a mixed nerve that has fibers both going out and coming in…