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Thyroid hormone receptor
A molecule that receives a thyroid hormone and permits it to dock on the nuclear membrane of a cell. The thyroid hormone receptors (THRs) belong to a family of nuclear receptors that function as hormone-activated transcription factors and…
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- Reiki ('RAY-kee') A Japanese word representing Universal Life Energy. Reiki is based on the belief that when…
- Stem cell One of the human body's master cells, with the ability to grow into any one of the body's more than 200 cell…
- Magnetic resonance imaging Magnetic resonance imaging: A special radiology technique designed to image internal structures of the body…
- Fertility awareness Also known as natural family planning, periodic abstinence and the rhythm method, this approach entails not…
- Surgeon A physician who treats disease, injury, or deformity by operative or manual methods. A medical doctor…
- Postoperative care Care given after surgery until the patient is discharged from the hospital or surgicenter and, in some cases…
- Nosebleed, treatment of To stop a nosebleed, you should pinch all the soft parts of the nose together between your thumb and index…
- Fear of depths An abnormal and persistent fear of depths. Sufferers of this fear experience anxiety even though they realize…
- Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type VIIC See: Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, dermatosparaxis type
- Electroretinogram Abbreviated ERG. An electroretinographic recording. See: Electroretinography
- Polycentric Having two or more centers. Polycentric disease is usually referred to as multicentric disease. See also…