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EGF
Epidermal growth factor. A polypeptide (small protein) that is a powerful mitogen. (It stimulates cells to enter mitosis, cell division. ) EGF promotes cell growth and differentiation, is essential in embryogenesis, and is important in…
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Show more- D-dimer A fragment produced during the degradation of a clot. The D here stands for domain. Dimer indicates two…
- Disease, Niemann-Pick See: Niemann-Pick disease
- Anemia, addisonian Anemia, addisonian: A blood disorder caused by a lack of vitamin B12. Patients who have this disorder do not…
- Lungs The lungs are a pair of breathing organs located with the chest which remove carbon dioxide from and bring…
- Angioplasty Procedure with a balloon-tipped catheter to enlarge a narrowing in a coronary artery. Also called…
- Injury, mower See: Mower injury
- Synapsis The side-by-side and point-by-point pairing of homologous chromosomes during meiosis
- Muscular atrophy, post-polio (PPMA) Late muscle wasting that occurs as part of the post-polio syndrome (PPS), a constellation of symptoms and…
- Pulse, water hammer A jerky pulse that is full and then collapses because of aortic insufficiency (when blood ejected into the…
- Method, rhythm Also known as fertility awareness, natural family planning, and periodic abstinence, this approach to…
- A- See: A-
- Fetal fibronectin A protein produced during pregnancy and the basis of a test for preterm delivery. Fetal fibronectin (fFN)…