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Thyrotropin
A hormone produced by the pituitary gland at the base of the brain in response to signals from the hypothalamus gland in the brain. The suffix -tropin indicates 'an affinity for'. Thyrotropin has an affinity for the thyroid. Thyrotropin is…
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- Gout Gout: Condition characterized by abnormally elevated levels of uric acid in the blood, recurring attacks of…
- Hounsfield, Godfrey (1919-2004) British electrical engineer whose contributions to the creation of the computerized axial…
- Temporal lobe epilepsy See: Epilepsy, temporal-lobe
- Soporific Something such as a drug that causes or induces profound sleep. Tending to cause sleep or to dull the sense…
- Cod liver oil An oil extracted from the liver of the cod. Cod liver oil was once given religiously to children every day as…
- TSH Stands for thyroid stimulating hormone, a hormone produced by the pituitary gland at the base of the brain in…
- Papular Adjective referring to one or more small solid rounded bumps rising from the skin that are each usually 0.5…
- Diet, Atkins A high-protein, high-fat, low-carbohydrate weight-loss diet popularized by Dr. Robert C. Atkins. See: Atkins…
- Disease, Menetrier's See: Giant hypertrophic gastritis
- Mitochondrial cytopathy, Kearns-Sayre type See: Kearns-Sayre syndrome
- Uracil (U) A nucleotide base and one member of the A-U (adenine-uracil) base pair in RNA. The other base pair in RNA is…