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Hormone, secretin
Hormone made by glands in the small intestine that stimulates pancreatic secretion. The word 'hormone' was coined by the English physiologists Wm. M. Bayliss and Ernest H. Starling in connection with their discovery of secretin, the first…
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- V. cholerae genome See: Cholera genome
- Heebie-jeebies Extreme nervousness. A term coined by the America cartoonist Billy DeBeck (1890-1942) in his comic strip…
- Antiviral agent An agent that kills viruses or suppresses their replication and, hence, inhibits their capability to multiply…
- PCA Commonly used abbreviation for patient-controlled analgesia. Analgesia simply means relief of pain. PCA is a…
- Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniform Rvices: See: CHAMPUS
- Encephalitis, West Nile A febrile disease caused by the West Nile virus that is transmitted from birds to the common Culex mosquito…
- Malacia Softening. For example, osteomalacia is softening while chondromalacia is softening of cartilage. From the…
- Vocal tremor Tremor: Trembling or shaking of one or more of the muscles of the larynx (the voice box), resulting in an…
- Eosinophilic meningitis Meningitis with a high percentage of eosinophils (a type of white blood cell) in the cerebrospinal fluid…
- Bioarchaeology The use of a range of biological techniques on archaeological material in order to learn more about past…