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Asthma, exercise-induced
Asthma, exercise-induced: Asthma that is 'triggered' by vigorous physical activity. Exercise-induced asthma tends particularly to affect children and young adults (because of their high level of physical activity) but can occur at any age…
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Show more- Antibiotic resistance Antibiotic resistance: The ability of bacteria and other microorganisms to withstand an antibiotic to which…
- Amplification, DNA The production of multiple copies of a sequence of DNA. Repeated copying of a piece of DNA. DNA amplification…
- Cranial nerve II The second cranial is the optic nerve, the nerve that connects the eye to the brain and carries the impulses…
- Magnesium A mineral involved in many processes in the body including nerve signaling, the building of healthy bones…
- Pachymeninx The dura. From pachy- (thick) + -meninx (membrane). The plural is pachymeninges
- Rapid eye movement sleep Sleep: Rapid eye movement sleep (REM) sleep is the portion of sleep when there are rapid eye movements…
- Trismus-pseudocamptodactyly syndrome See: Hecht syndrome
- White-coat hypertension (White coat hypertension) A rodent capable of carrying the types of hantavirus that cause HPS (hantavirus pulmonary syndrome) in the…
- Syndrome, Churg-Strauss See: Churg-Strauss syndrome
- Hypotonia Decreased tone of skeletal muscles. In a word, floppiness. Hypotonia is a common finding in cerebral palsy…
- Skin graft, autogenic A graft using the patient's own skin. Also known as an autologous graft.
- Base in DNA A unit of the DNA. There are 4 bases: adenine (A), guanine (G), thymine (T), and cytosine (C). The sequence…