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- Histidine An amino acid, one of the 20 building blocks of protein. An essential amino acid, histidine is present in…
- Sickle cell disease A genetic blood disease due to the presence of an abnormal form of hemoglobin, namely hemoglobin S…
- Reflex, Babinski An important neurologic test based, believe it or not, upon what the big toe does when the sole of the foot…
- Migraine Migraine: Usually, periodic attacks of headaches on one or both sides of the head. These may be accompanied…
- Cyst, pilonidal A special kind of abscess that occurs in the cleft between the buttocks. Forms frequently in adolescence…
- Toxin, anthrax The toxic substance secreted by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis, the causative agent of the disease anthrax…
- Autogenous Self-produced
- Myostatin A growth factor that regulates the size of muscles beginning in early embryonic development and continuing…
- Antibody cross reactivity The ability of an antibody to react with similar antigenic sites on different proteins