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Phosphorylation
Phosphorylation is a biochemical process that involves the addition of phosphate to an organic compound. Phosphorylation may, for instance, involve the addition of phosphate to glucose to produce glucose monophosphate. Or phosphorylation…
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- Casting, serial The use of successive casts to reshape deformed or spastic limbs
- Vrolik's disease Osteogenesis imperfecta type II, an inherited connective tissue disorder with very severe bone fragility, the…
- Legionella The bacterium that causes Legionnaires' disease. This disease is due specifically to the bacterium Legionella…
- Myxedema, infantile Hypothyroidism (subnormal activity of the thyroid gland) that starts after birth and is manifest by features…
- Subclavian Under the clavicle (the collar bone), as the subclavian artery or the subclavian vein
- Aseptic necrosis Aseptic necrosis: Condition in which poor blood supply to an area of bone leads to bone death. Also called…
- Tympany A hollow drum-like sound produced when a gas-containing cavity is tapped sharply. Tympany is heard if the…
- Gastroesophageal junction The junction between the stomach and the esophagus; the place where the esophagus connects to the stomach
- Leukemia, lymphocytic A form of leukemia that has a sudden onset, lymphocytic leukemia starts in the bone marrow but often spreads…
- Protein-losing enteropathy A condition in which there is excessive loss of plasma protein into the intestine. Protein-losing enteropathy…
- Cervical Having to do with any kind of neck including the neck on which the head is perched and the neck of the…