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Centromere
The cinched 'waist' of the chromosome essential for the division and the retention of the chromosome in the cell. The centromere is a uniquely specialized region of the chromosome to which spindle fibers attach during cell division. The…
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- Hyperkalemia Hyperkalemia: Elevated blood potassium. Potassium is the major positive ion (cation) found inside of cells…
- Microscope, electron See: Fluorescent microscope.
- Trypanosoma cruzi The parasitic microorganism that causes Chagas disease. See: Chagas disease
- Infarct An area of tissue death due to a local lack of oxygen. For example, in a myocardial infarction there is death…
- Terminal ileitis Crohn's disease, a chronic inflammatory disease of the intestine involving only the end of the small…
- Cystatin C A serum protein that is filtered out of the blood by the kidneys and that serves as a measure of kidney…
- Agammaglobulinemia Total or near-total absence of gamma globulin, a protein fraction of the blood rich in antibodies, due to…
- Julius Axelrod See: Axelrod, Julius
- Juvenile polyposis of stomach See: Juvenile polyposis
- Ig Abbreviation for immunoglobulin, a protein produced by plasma cells and lymphocytes. Immunoglobulins are an…