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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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Show more- Th3 A distinct type of T-helper cell. See: T-helper cell
- Liposuction, tumescent The surgical suctioning of fat deposits from specific parts of the body, the most common being the abdomen…
- Trisomy The presence of three copies of a chromosome rather than the normal two. The most common trisomies in…
- Transcriptome The complete set of RNA transcripts produced by the genome at any one time. The transcriptome is dynamic and…
- Catheter, Swan-Ganz The insertion of a tiny tube (a catheter) into a peripheral or central vein to deliver fluids or medication…
- Respiratory distress syndrome, acute Better known as ARDS. See: ARDS
- Thyroid hormone organification defect IIb See Pendred syndrome
- Toxicity The degree to which a substance can harm humans or animals. Toxicity can be acute, subchronic, or chronic: >…
- Biopsy, punch See: Punch biopsy
- Large saphenous vein The larger of the two saphenous veins, the principal veins that run up the leg superficially (near the…
- Somatization The process by which psychologic distress is expressed as physical symptoms. Somatization is an unconscious…
- Ear infection, middle (acute) Acute middle ear infection, medically called acute otitis media is inflammation of the middle ear. Acute…