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Prolactin
A hormone secreted by the pituitary gland. Prolactin stimulates lactation (milk production). It also has many other functions, including essential roles in the maintenance of the immune system. Abnormally high prolactin can delay puberty…
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- Suboxone Brand name for buprenorphine in combination with naloxone
- Deficiency, glucocerebrosidase Causes type 1 Gaucher disease, a progressive genetic disease due to an enzyme defect. The enzyme…
- Pavlov stomach A Pavlov pouch fashioned surgically from part of the stomach (which is isolated from the rest of the…
- Cystinuria Cystinuria: An inherited (genetic) disorder of the transport of an amino acid (a building block of protein)…
- Sweat chloride test Sweat chloride test: A test for cystic fibrosis. See: Sweat test.
- Midwife, traditional See: Traditional midwife
- Cholangiography Radiographic examination of the bile ducts with contrast medium. The contrast medium may be administered…
- Photosensitivity In medicine, increased sensitivity of the skin to light and other sources of UV.Photosensitivity commonly…
- Legionnaire disease A disease due to the bacteria Legionella pneumophila found in plumbing, shower heads and water-storage tanks…
- Niacin deficiency See: Pellagra
- Sporadic >An endemic is present in a community at all times but in low frequency. An endemic is continuous, as in the…