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Fusion inhibitor
A class of antiretroviral drugs that work on the outside of the host CD4 cell to prevent HIV from fusing with and infecting it. Fusion inhibitors act by binding to an envelope protein and blocking the structural changes necessary for the…
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- Human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) A virus often referred to simply as the human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV). HTLV-II stands for human…
- Fetal alcohol syndrome diagnosis >Small size and weight before and after birth (pre- and postnatal growth retardation); >Brain involvement…
- Schedules, Gesell Developmental A measure of child development devised by the American child psychologist and pediatrician Arnold Gesell…
- Sickness, acute mountain (AMS) Acute mountain sickness (AMS) is the illness that results from being at high altitude. AMS is common at very…
- Spit 1. As a noun: Popular term for sputum.2. As a verb: To eject sputum; to expectorate.See: Sputum
- Transferrin A plasma protein that transports iron through the blood to the liver, spleen and bone marrow. The blood…
- Tapeworm, pork Taenia solium
- Nephrogenic rest A fragment of embryonic tissue in the kidney retained after the period of embryonic development. Nephrogenic…
- Flax seed The seed of the common flax plant (also known as linseed and, botanically, Linum usitatissimum). Flax seed…
- Duct, hepatic See: Hepatic duct
- Granary weevil A true weevil that is among the most destructive of all insects in stored grain and that is the culprit…