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Disease, cardiovascular
Disease affecting the heart or blood vessels. Cardiovascular diseases include arteriosclerosis, coronary artery disease, heart valve disease, arrhythmia, heart failure, hypertension, orthostatic hypotension, shock, endocarditis, diseases…
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Show more- Shock, shell The World War I name for what is known today as post-traumatic stress, this is a psychological disorder that…
- Protein kinase A An enzyme system that is activated by cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) and that catalyzes the activity…
- Human genome All of the DNA that a person possesses. The human genome is made up of all of the DNA in our chromosomes as…
- Charles Bell See: Bell, Charles
- Matter, gray The cortex of the brain which contains nerve cell bodies. The gray matter is as opposed to the white matter…
- Antean Exceptionally strong or large. A multi-vitamin pill may, for example, be of Antean proportions. After…
- Ceps A combining form referring to the head. Derived from the Latin caput, meaning head. See also: Janiceps
- JMML Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia
- Cell The basic structural and functional unit in people and all living things. Each cell is a small container of…
- Concordant couple Pair of long-term sexual partners in which both partners have a sexually transmitted infection. The CDC has…
- Rickettsiosis, vesicular See Rickettsialpox
- Transplant, heart See: Heart transplant