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Gluten
A protein found in wheat or related grains and many foods that we eat. Gluten can be found in a large variety of foods including soups, salad dressings, processed foods and natural flavorings. Unidentified starch, binders and fillers in…
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Show more- Hematoma, subdural See: Subdural hematoma
- Nerve, abducent A small motor nerve that has one task: to supply a muscle called the lateral rectus muscle that moves the eye…
- Genome, mouse All of the genetic information contained in the laboratory mouse (Mus musculus). The genomes of particular…
- Alembic A type of still, an apparatus used in the process of distillation. Alembics were employed in chemistry and…
- Psychodynamic medication See: Psychotropic medication
- Tumor, carcinoid A tumor which secretes large amounts of the hormone serotonin. Another name for carcinoid tumor is…
- Constitutional thrombopathy See: Von Willebrand disease
- Virus, lymphadenopathy-associated Another name for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the cause of AIDS. Please see: Virus, human…
- Histidine An amino acid, one of the 20 building blocks of protein. An essential amino acid, histidine is present in…
- Cylindroma A benign tumor of skin adnexa such as the sweat gland, arising as a nodule on the scalp and, less often, the…
- CHAMPUS The Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (in the United States). CHAMPUS is a…
- Deuteranopia Colorblindness of the red-green type, also known as deuteranomaly or Daltonism. The term 'Daltonism' is…