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Casein
The main protein found in milk and other dairy products
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- Acclimatization to altitude The main cause of altitude sickness is going too high too fast. Given time, the body can adapt to the…
- Infiltrate To penetrate. If an IV infiltrates, the IV fluid penetrates the surrounding tissue.
- Pulse, Corrigan A pulse that is full and then suddenly collapses. Named for the Irish physician Dominic John Corrigan…
- APM1 Adipose most abundant gene transcript 1. (AdiPose Most abundant gene transcript 1 = APM1.) The APM1 gene…
- Tuberoeruptive xanthoma See: Eruptive xanthoma
- Arteritis, temporal Also called giant cell arteritis or cranial arteritis, this is a serious disease characterized by…
- Transient ischemic attack (TIA, Mini-Stroke) Transient ischemic attack (TIA, Mini-Stroke): A neurological event with the signs and symptoms of a stroke…
- Immune system A complex system that is responsible for distinguishing us from everything foreign to us, and for protecting…
- Vitamin B -- pantothenic acid This is one of the less well known B vitamins, perhaps because it is widely distributed in nature…
- Serratus magnus One of the serratus muscles of the back and thorax. The serratus magnus originates from the lateral aspect…
- STAT Medical term used to imply urgent or rush. It may appear in lower case letters as stat or in capital letters…