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Umami
The taste of substances such as glutamate and monosodium glutamate (MSG) that are found in foods like bouillon and other stocks. Umami is the fifth primary element of taste. The other four are sweet, sour, salty, and bitter. It was…
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- Frankenfood Perjorative term for genetically modified food whether it be derived from genetically engineered plants or…
- Blood culture A test designed to detect if microorganisms such as bacteria and fungi are present in blood. A sample of…
- Salter-Harris fracture A traumatic fracture around or through the growth plate (the epiphyseal plate) of a bone in a child
- Lyme disease Lyme disease: Lyme disease is a bacterial illness caused by a bacterium called a 'spirochete.' Lyme disease…
- Colonic (adjective) Relating to the colon, that part of the large intestine that runs from the cecum to the rectum. For a…
- Brain, water on the See: Water on the brain
- Hematochezia Bright red blood in the stool, usually from the lower gastrointestinal tract -- the colon or rectum -- or…
- Cholangitis, sclerosing See: Primary sclerosing cholangitis
- Bile duct cancer An uncommon type of cancer that arises from the bile duct, the tube that connects the liver and the…
- HMS1 Homosexuality 1. An alleged gene for human male homosexuality. See: Gay gene
- Tunica albuginea of the testis The layer of dense whitish inelastic tissue that surrounds the testis