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Fibulin 5
A protein that belongs to a family of extracellular proteins expressed in the basement membranes of blood vessels. Fibulin 5 may be essential for the polymerization of elastin. Missense mutations in FBLN5, the gene that encodes fibulin 5…
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- Pancreatic Having to do with the pancreas, a spongy, tube-shaped organ about 6 inches long. It is located in the back of…
- Trichuriasis Infection with the human whipworm, a nematode (roundworm) formally known as Trichuris trichiura. The third…
- Deformation A setting of limits; a boundary; marking the limits of, delimiting; setting apart, separating. The word…
- AK 1. Above the knee. 2. Acanthamoeba keratitis. 3. Actinic keratosis
- Functional gene test Test for a specific protein which indicates that the corresponding gene is not only present but active
- Chemotherapy-related cognitive dysfunction See: Chemobrain
- Melanin A skin pigment (substance that gives the skin its color). Dark-skinned people have more melanin than light-…
- Osteoblast A cell that makes bone. It does so by producing a matrix that then becomes mineralized. Bone mass is…
- ASL American Sign Language
- Xerogram A picture of the body recorded on paper rather than on film. Also called a xeroradiograph. From the Greek…