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Bisphosphonate
A class of drugs used to strengthen bone. Bone is in a constant state of remodeling, whereby new bone is laid down by cells called osteoblasts while old bone is removed by cells called osteoclasts. Bisphosphonates inhibit bone removal…
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Show more- Carcinoma Cancer that begins in the skin or in tissues that line or cover body organs. For example, carcinoma can arise…
- Factitious disease by proxy See: Munchhausen syndrome by proxy
- Tophus A nodular mass of uric acid crystals. Tophi are characteristically deposited in different soft tissue areas…
- Macroscopic Large enough to be seen with the naked eye, as opposed to microscopic. For example, a macroscopic tumor is…
- Hemoglobin E Normal embryonic hemoglobin, the main type of hemoglobin found in the human embryo. The E stands for…
- Mitochondrial disease Mitochondrial disease: Mutations (changes) in the mitochondrial chromosome are responsible for a number of…
- Scoliosis Scoliosis: Sideways (lateral) curving of the spine (the backbone). The degree of scoliosis may range from…
- Camelpox A severe disease of camels in northern Africa and southwestern Asia caused by the camelpox virus. This virus…
- Baldness Medically known as alopecia. There are many types of baldness, each with a different cause. Baldness may be…
- Saphenous vein The saphenous veins -- there are two, the great and the small saphenous veins - serve as the principal veins…
- Narcan Brand name for naloxone
- Systems biology The study of biological systems taking into account the interactions of the key elements such as DNA, RNA…