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Thiazolidinedione
(Pronounced THIGH-ah-ZO-li-deen-DYE-own.) A class of drugs for type 2 diabetes that lower the blood sugar by increasing the sensitivity of cells to insulin. Insulin can then move glucose from the blood into cells for energy. These drugs…
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- Libido 1. Sexual drive. 2. In psychoanalysis, the psychic energy from all instinctive biological drives. Libido in…
- Aluminum toxicity See: Aluminum
- Forestier disease A form of degenerative arthritis characteristically associated with flowing calcification along the sides of…
- Goldberger, Joseph American public health physician (1874-1929) who solved the puzzle of pellagra. See: Pellagra
- Saddle gall A sore on a horse caused by an ill-fitting saddle. Also called a saddle sore
- Cholesterol, 'good' High-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol
- West Nile virus West Nile virus: The mosquito-borne virus that causes West Nile fever. One of the flaviviruses, a family of…
- Laryngomalacia A soft floppy larynx (voice box). NTER>
- Vertebra, prominent The 7th cervical (neck) vertebra (C7) is sometimes called the prominent vertebra because of the length of its…
- Neuroplasticity The brain's ability to reorganize itself by forming new neural connections throughout life. Neuroplasticity…