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IgM
Immunoglobulin M, a major class of immunoglobulins. IgM includes the antibodies that are usually produced first in an immune response and are later replaced by other types of antibodies
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Show more- Disaster supplies kit Items stored in case of emergency, such as a prolonged power outage, earthquake, or flood. You and your…
- Tom- Or tomo- before a consonant. A combining form meaning a cut, section, slice or layer, as might be achieved by…
- Cancer, bile duct An uncommon type of cancer that arises from the bile duct, the tube that connects the liver and the…
- Fire, St. Anthony's The intensely painful burning sensation in the limbs and extremities caused by ergot, the consequence of a…
- Testicular feminization syndrome Now more appropriately called the complete androgen insensitivity syndrome, this is a genetic disorder that…
- Amini Amini, Fariborz
- ALT (alanine aminotransferase) An enzyme normally present in liver and heart cells that is released into the bloodstream when the liver or…
- Erythema A redness of the skin resulting from inflammation, for example, as caused by sunburn
- Scalded skin syndrome A potentially serious side effect of infection with the Staph (Staphylococcus) bacteria that produces a…
- Neonatal Pertaining to the newborn period which, by convention, is the first four weeks after birth.
- Ear, external There are three sections of the ear. They are the external ear, the middle ear, and the inner ear. The…
- NCRR Stands for National Center for Research Resources, one of the Centers of the National Institutes of Health…