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Somatotropin
Growth hormone, a polypeptide containing 191 amino acids, produced by the anterior pituitary, the front section of the pituitary gland. It acts by stimulating the release of another hormone called somatomedin by the liver, thereby causing…
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Show more- Magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (MRSI) A noninvasive imaging method that provides information about cellular activity (metabolic…
- Radiation sickness See: Acute radiation syndrome
- Extracranial Outside the cranium, the bony dome that houses and protects the brain. As opposed to intracranial, inside the…
- Disease, Pelizaeus-Merzbacher See: Polycystic ovarian syndrome.
- Giardiasis Infection with Giardia lamblia
- Hypercalciuria Excess calcium in the urine
- Injury, knee meniscus Injury to one of the two crescent-shaped cartilage pads between the two joints formed by the femur (the thigh…
- Membrane attack complex Abbreviated MAC. An abnormal activation of the complement (protein) portion of the blood, forming a cascade…
- Sign, Gottron A scaly, patchy redness over the knuckles seen in patients with dermatomyositis, an inflammatory muscle…
- Testosterone replacement therapy The practice of giving testosterone to treat conditions in which the testes do not produce enough…
- Excrescence An oral antiestrogen. Exemestane inhibits the enzyme aromatase in the adrenal glands that produces the…
- Alternative medical system A system of alternative medicine built upon a complete system of theory and practice. Often, such systems…