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Long-chain-3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase def
Cy: Acute fatty liver of pregnancy (AFLP) has been found to be associated in some cases with an abnormality of fatty-acid metabolism. This abnormality is a deficiency of the enzyme long-chain-3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase (LCHAD). The…
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Show more- Acupressure The application of pressure on specific points on the body to control symptoms such as pain or nausea…
- AHC Alternating hemiplegia of childhood
- Pro time The pro time (or, more properly, the prothrombin time) is a test of the integrity of part of the clotting…
- Wind chill See: Round window.
- Protease An enzyme that can split a protein into peptides (from which the protein was originally created).
- Antidepressant, tricyclic One of a class of medications used to treat depression. The tricyclic antidepressants are also used for some…
- Osgood-Schlatter disease Osgood-Schlatter disease: A condition involving inflammation and sometimes tearing of ligaments within the…
- Zellweger syndrome A genetic disorder, also called the cerebrohepatorenal syndrome, characterized by the reduction or absence of…
- Colinear Arranged in the same linear order. See: Colinearity
- Single palmar flexion crease See: Simian crease
- Juvenile hyaline fibromatosis A genetic disorder characterized by multiple subcutaneous nodules and gingival hypertrophy (overgrowth of the…
- Synesthesia A condition in which normally separate senses are not separate. Sight may mingle with sound, taste with…