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Pentapeptide
A peptide consisting of five amino acids
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- Thumb The short thick finger situated at an angle to the other fingers so it can be opposed to the them, making it…
- Hypergraphic A person with hypergraphia, the insatiable urge to write
- Wagner syndrome See: Stickler syndrome
- Thiamine deficiency, infantile See: Infantile beriberi
- Hemoglobin A Normal adult hemoglobin, the main type of hemoglobin after infancy. The A stands for Adult
- Preauricular tag A common minor anomaly, this is a rudimentary tag of ear tissue. It often contains a core of cartilage. The…
- Lymphatics Small thin channels similar to blood vessels that do not carry blood, but collect and carry tissue fluid…
- Drip In medical usage, a drip is not a dull, unattractive person but a device for administering a fluid…
- Shingles Shingles: An acute infection caused by the herpes zoster virus, the same virus as causes chickenpox. Shingles…
- Dermis The lower or inner layer of the two main layers of cells that make up the skin.The dermis contains blood…
- Bernard-Horner syndrome See: Horner syndrome