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Disease, variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob
Abbreviated vCJD. A human disease thought due to the same infectious agent as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease. Both the human and bovine disorders are invariably fatal brain diseases with unusually long…
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Show more- Iatrapistic A lack of faith in doctors. Entirely from the Greek: 'iatr-' indicating a relationship to a physician or…
- Procollagen A precursor (forerunner) of collagen, the protein that adds strength and support to many body tissues
- Deerfly fever An infection in rabbits and other wild rodents caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis that can be…
- CAD Coronary artery disease. CAD is a major cause of illness and death. It begins when hard cholesterol…
- STL1 Stickler syndrome, type I. See: Stickler syndrome
- Amino acid One of the 20 building blocks of protein. The sequence of amino acids in a protein and, hence, the function…
- Disease, Jakob-Creutzfeldt A transmissible degenerative brain disorder technically termed spongiform encephalopathy. Eating 'mad cow'…
- Cross-species transplantation See Xenotransplantation
- Histiocytosis, Hand-Schuller-Christian A disease in which histiocytes start to multiply and attack the tissues or organs of the patient. The disease…
- Phalanx Anatomically, any one of the bones in the fingers or toes. (Plural: phalanges.) There are 3 phalanges (the…
- Glucosamine A molecule derived from the sugar glucose by the addition of an amino (NH2) group, glucosamine is a component…
- Xuezhikang One of the three major preparations of red yeast rice, a tradition Chinese medicine now used to lower…