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Shunt, transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic
A shunt that allows blood from the portal circulation (that supplies the liver) to flow into the systemic (general) circulation. Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt involves catheterization of a hepatic (liver) vein by the…
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- Exocrine gland A gland that secretes a substance out through a duct. The exocrine glands include the salivary glands, sweat…
- Breast milk Milk from the breast. Human milk contains a balance of nutrients that closely matches infant requirements for…
- DEXA Dual energy X-ray absorptometry. See: DXA
- Mitochondrial inheritance The inheritance of a trait encoded in the mitochondrial genome. Because of the oddities of mitochondria…
- Ants, fire Originally from S. America. Among the worst insect pests ever to invade the U.S. Red or yellowish ants of…
- Pharmacogenetics The merger of pharmacology and genetics into a field that pertains to the hereditary responses to drugs. For…
- Base of tongue The back third of the tongue. In contrast to the anterior tongue, which is the front two-thirds of the…
- Alopecia universalis Absence of all of the hair, not only on the scalp, but also on the entire body. Affected individuals are born…