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Glutamine
An amino acid, one of the 20 building blocks of protein. Glutamine is present in plant and animal proteins. It can be synthesized by the body and is therefore not essential to the diet. Glutamine serves as an important carrier of ammonia…
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- FAP Familial adenomatous polyposis, a prominent hereditary colon cancer syndrome
- Test, RPR Rapid plasma reagin, a blood test for syphilis that looks for an antibody that is present in the bloodstream…
- Defibrillator A device used to correct a dangerously abnormal heart rhythm, usually ventricular fibrillation, or to restart…
- Toc- (prefix) Stemming from the Greek word 'tokos' meaning childbirth, we have toc-, toco-, tok-, and toko- as combining…
- Oto- An otoacoustic emission test (OAE) measures an acoustic response that is produced by the inner ear (cochlea)…
- Angry Pertaining to anger, an emotional state that may range in intensity from mild irritation to intense fury and…
- Epidemic scorecard A tally of epidemics. The scorecard, based on estimates from the World Health Organization in 2003, reads as…
- Cardioverter Although cardioversion (the conversion of one cardiac rhythm to another) may sometimes be done with…