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Tripeptide
A peptide consisting of three amino acids
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- Super- Prefix meaning meaning above, more than normal, or excessive. As in superaspirin, superbug, superjacent…
- Trunk, pulmonary See: Pulmonary trunk
- Artificial abortion An abortion that is brought about intentionally. Also called an induced or therapeutic abortion. As opposed…
- Office of Human Research Protections (OHRP) The agency responsible for developing, monitoring and exercising compliance over the protections afforded…
- Fluoroscopy An x-ray procedure that makes it possible to see internal organs in motion. Fluoroscopy uses x-ray to produce…
- Heterochromia iridis A difference of color between the iris of one eye and the other. (A person with one brown and one blue eye…
- Polyneuritis, acute idiopathic Also known as the Guillain-Barre syndrome, a disorder characterized by progressive symmetrical paralysis and…
- Morton foot See: Morton' neuroma
- Blood sugar Blood glucose. See also: High blood sugar; Low blood sugar
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