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Glucose
Glucose: The simple sugar (monosaccharide) that serves as the chief source of energy in the body. Glucose is the principal sugar the body makes. The body makes glucose from proteins, fats and, in largest part, carbohydrates. Glucose is…
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- Chlortetracycline The first drug of the tetracycline family, to be introduced (in 1948). For more information, see: Tetracycline
- Mitochondrial encephalopathy, MELAS MELAS is the acronym for Mitochondrial Encephalopathy, Lactic Acidosis, and Stroke-like episodes. MELAS is a…
- Melanoma, nodular One of the four clinical types of malignant melanoma, typically presents as a raised, distinct, bluish-black…
- Pinna The ear or, to be more precise, the part of the ear that projects like a little wing from the head. In Latin…
- Gynecoid obesity A fat distribution generally characteristic of that of a woman, around the hips, etc. Gynecoid means like a…
- Stain, Gram The Danish bacteriologist J.M.C. Gram (1853- 1938) devised a method of staining bacteria using a dye called…
- Ponto- Pertaining to the pons, a structure in the brain
- HCG Human chorionic gonadotropin, a human hormone made by chorionic cells in the fetal part of the placenta…
- Dermopathy Any disease of the skin. Synonymous with dermatopathy.
- Diphtheria Diphtheria: An acute infectious disease that typically strikes the upper respiratory tract including the…