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Bone morphogenic protein 2
A protein that induces the formation of bone and cartilage. Bone morphogenic protein 2 (which is symbolized BMP2) belongs to a superfamily called transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta). The gene for BMP2 is on chromosome 20 in band…
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Show more- Acuity, auditory The clarity or clearness of hearing, a measure of how well a person hears and monitoring the ability to hear…
- Phenylketonuria Phenylketonuria: The inherited inability to metabolize (process) the essential amino acid phenylalanine due…
- Cleft uvula The uvula, the little V-shaped fleshy mass hanging from the back of the soft palate, is cleft. . Cleft uvula…
- Pneumopericardium Air or gas in the space between the heart and the pericardium, the membrane surrounding the heart.
- Monocyte A white blood cell that has a single nucleus and can ingest (take in) foreign material. (In other words, a…
- Uterine rupture A tear of the uterus, an uncommon but very serious situation that may result in hysterectomy, urologic…
- Vaccination Injection of a killed microbe in order to stimulate the immune system against the microbe, thereby preventing…
- Fever, jail See: Typhus, epidemic
- Syndrome, Prader-Willi See: Prader-Willi syndrome
- Employment Retirement Income Security Act See: ERISA
- Scan As a noun, the data or image obtained from the examination of organs or regions of the body by gathering…
- Physiologic stress test Stress test: Although there can be a diversity of physiologic stress tests, this refers here to a physiologic…