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Assay, CEA
CEA (carcinoembryonic antigen) is a protein found in many types of cells but associated with tumors and the developing fetus. CEA is tested in blood. The normal range is <2.5 ng/ml in an adult non-smoker and <5.0 ng/ml in a smoker…
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Show more- Pimply Having pimples. Papuliferous and papilliferous are fancy words for what is simply pimply
- Plague bacterium genome All of the DNA (the genome) of the bacterium Yersinia pestis that causes the plague, consisting of four rings…
- Superfluous Beyond what is sufficient. A sixth finger is superfluous
- Left atrium The upper right chamber of the heart. The left atrium receives oxygenated blood from the lungs and pumps it…
- Tetrapeptide A peptide consisting of four amino acids
- Internal radiation therapy Radiation therapy in which radioactive material is placed in or near a tumor
- Small intestine insufficiency See: Short bowel syndrome
- Functional food Functional foods are 'those foods that encompass potentially healthful products including any modified food…
- Nephrosis, lipoid See: Minimal change disease
- Gingivitis, fusospirillary This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead…
- BUN Blood urea nitrogen. A measure primarily of the urea level in blood. Urea is cleared by the kidney and…
- Chiron In Greek mythology, the centaur who, wounded by Hercules, invented medicine in order to heal himself. Chiron…