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Fusion inhibitor
A class of antiretroviral drugs that work on the outside of the host CD4 cell to prevent HIV from fusing with and infecting it. Fusion inhibitors act by binding to an envelope protein and blocking the structural changes necessary for the…
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- Isoprene One of the major components that makes up natural rubber and is used to make synthetic rubbers. It is also…
- Pediatric pyelonephritis Pediatric kidney infection. See: Urinary tract infection in children
- Afterbirth The placenta + the fetal membranes that are normally expelled from the uterus after the birth of the baby…
- Parathyroids, hypoplasia of the thymus and See: DiGeorge syndrome
- Fear of dust An abnormal and persistent fear of dust. Sufferers of this fear experience anxiety even though they realize…
- Microphthalmia syndrome, Lenz Tattooing.
- Myocardium The heart muscle.
- Mass spectrometry An instrument used to identify chemicals in a substance by their mass and charge. Mass spectrometers are…
- Offspring The offspring are strictly speaking the progeny, or young, born to a person. In a larger sense, the offspring…
- Ventricle, heart One of the two lower chambers of the heart. The right ventricle is the chamber that receives blood from the…
- Pagetic Pertaining to Paget disease, a chronic disorder that typically results in enlarged, deformed bones due to…