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Hemoglobin, glycosylated
Hemoglobin to which glucose is bound. Glycosylated hemoglobin is tested to monitor the long-term control of diabetes mellitus. The level of glycosylated hemoglobin is increased in the red blood cells of persons with poorly controlled…
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- ND An extinct subspecies of Homo sapiens who lived in Europe and the area around the Mediterranean from 100,000…
- Unsaturated fat A fat that is liquid at room temperature and comes from a plant such as olive, peanut, corn, cottonseed…
- Selenium An essential trace mineral that functions largely in the form of proteins, called selenoproteins, which act…
- Salvage chemotherapy Chemotherapy given after recurrence of a tumor. See: Salvage therapy
- Regulatory T cell A T cell (T lymphocyte) that regulates the activity of another T cell, usually by suppressing its activity…
- Infection, pork tapeworm Known medically as cysticercosis, an infection caused by Taenia solium (the pork tapeworm). Infection occurs…
- Deuterium A non-radioactive isotope of hydrogen that contains a neutron in its nucleus in addition to the one proton…
- Agent, antiviral An agent that kills viruses or suppresses their replication and, hence, inhibits their capability to multiply…
- Anomic aphasia See Anomia
- Stenosis A narrowing, as in: > >aortic stenosis (narrowing of the aortic valve of the heart), >pulmonary stenosis…
- Gap junction beta 2 See: GJB2