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Treadmill, exercise
Exercise on a treadmill, a machine with a moving strip on which one walks without moving forward. A treadmill was originally a wide wheel turned by the weight of people climbing on steps around its edge, used in the past to provide power…
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- Cat eye syndrome A constitutional chromosome abnormality (one that is present at or before birth) with multiple malformations…
- Pica A craving for something not normally regarded as nutritive. For example, dirt. Pica is a classic clue to iron…
- Loss-of-function mutation A mutation that results in reduced or abolished protein function. Gain-of-function mutations,which are much…
- Oath of Maimonides A prayer that is said to have been written by the 12th-century physician-philosopher Moses Maimonides. Like…
- Th1 A distinct type of T-helper cell. See: T-helper cell
- Tube A long hollow cylinder. There are many tube-like structures in the human body, such as the auditory tube…
- Angiogenesis The process of developing new blood vessels. Angiogenesis is important in the normal development of the…
- Mapping Charting the location of genes on chromosomes.
- BX Medical abbreviation for biopsy. See: bx
- Synovia The joint fluid. The term synovia was invented in 1520 by the Swiss physician (and alchemist) Paracelsus who…
- C1 (cervical vertebra) C1 is the first cervical (neck) vertebra which is called the atlas. It supports the head. The atlas bone is…