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Mastocyte
A mast cell
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- Taste Taste belongs to our chemical sensing system, or the chemosenses. The complicated process of tasting begins…
- Scale, Fahrenheit Thermometer scale in which the freezing point of water is 32°F and the boiling point of water 212°F. The…
- MDR Minimal daily requirement. Multidrug resistant
- Headache, sinus See: Sinus headache
- Sociopath A term once used for someone with what is now called antisocial personality disorder
- Somnambulism A sleepwalker.
- Human herpesvirus 4 See Epstein-Barr virus.
- Base pair Two DNA bases complementary to one another (A and T or G and C) that join the complementary strands of DNA to…
- Sinusitis Sinusitis: Sinusitis is inflammation of the lining membrane of any of the hollow areas (sinuses) of the bone…
- Premature systole See: Extrasystole
- Drug-induced liver disease Drug-induced liver disease: Drug-induced liver diseases are diseases of the liver that are caused by…