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Chemokine receptor
Chemokine receptor: A molecule that receives a chemokine and a chemokine dock. A chemokine is a protein that acts as a lure. Chemokines are involved in inflammation, cancer, and infectious diseases. Several chemokine receptors are…
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Show more- Hormone, T3 Triiodothyronine, a thyroid hormone. The number 3 is usually in subscript
- Renal artery stenosis Renal artery stenosis: Narrowing of the major artery that supplies blood to the kidney. Renal artery stenosis…
- Gray's Anatomy A book entitled 'Anatomy Descriptive and Surgical' by Henry Gray appeared in 1858. Little could Dr. Gray have…
- Infertile Not able to conceive after a year of regular intercourse without contraception. Infertility can be due to…
- Principal joints of the body >Acromioclavicular >Ankle (tibia-fibula and talus) >Atlas and axis >Atlas and occipital >Calcaneocuboid…
- Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography PTCA. The use of a balloon-tipped catheter to enlarge a narrowed artery.
- Bones of the leg, ankle and foot Are 62 lower extremity bones. They consist of 10 hip and leg, 14 ankle and 38 foot bones. > >The 10 hip and…
- Dual energy X-ray absorptometry Abbreviated DEXA. See: DXA
- Arginine An amino acid, one of the 20 amino acids that serve as the building blocks in protein. Arginine is not an…
- Long-chain-3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase def. Se: Acute fatty liver of pregnancy (AFLP) has been found to be associated in some cases with an abnormality…
- Diabetes, type 1 An autoimmune disease that occurs when T cells attack and decimate the beta cells in the pancreas that are…
- Molluscacide An agent capable of killing snails and other mollusks or of controlling their growth