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Acetyl CoA
See: Acetyl coenzyme A
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Show more- Valve, Spitz-Holter See Spitz-Holter valve
- Interstitial cystitis (IC) Disease that involves inflammation or irritation of the bladder wall. This inflammation can lead to scarring…
- Polyhydramnios Too much amniotic fluid.
- Secretary's knee The patellofemoral syndrome (PFS), the commonest cause of chronic knee pain. PFS characteristically causes…
- Y chromosome sex-determining region See: Y sex-determining region
- Cholangiography, percutaneous transhepatic See Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography.
- Ubiquitous Present everywhere. The small protein called ubiquitin was so-named because it is present in all types of…
- Gastric outlet obstruction Any disease that mechanically impedes gastric emptying, the normal emptying of the stomach. There is…
- Palsy, laryngeal Paralysis of the recurrent laryngeal nerve, a branch of the vagus nerve (a long and important nerve that…
- Gene pool The sum total of genes, with all their variations, possessed by a particular species at a particular time
- Tooth root sensitivities Oversensitivity of exposed roots of teeth to cold, hot, and sour foods because those roots are no longer…
- GSTO1 Glutathione S-transferase omega-1