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Hormone, secretin
Hormone made by glands in the small intestine that stimulates pancreatic secretion. The word 'hormone' was coined by the English physiologists Wm. M. Bayliss and Ernest H. Starling in connection with their discovery of secretin, the first…
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Show more- Acute pain Pain that comes on quickly, can be severe, but lasts a relatively short time. As opposed to chronic pain
- Erosion An erosion is an eating away of a surface. ('Erodere' in Latin means to eat out.) For example, a skin erosion…
- Parentalism A parent's attitude of dominance over one or more children. For example, a parent stating 'I'm the boss…
- Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome Acronym for High Altitude Pulmonary Edema, the accumulation in the lungs of extravascular fluid (fluid…
- Allele An alternative form of a gene. One of the different forms of a gene that can exist at a single locus (spot on…
- Cat cry syndrome A disorder caused by the loss of part of the short (p) arm from chromosome 5. Also called the cri du chat (or…
- Nocebo A negative placebo effect as, for example, when patients taking medications experience adverse side effects…
- Mother (1) The female parent. (2) To produce offspring as a female. To attribute the maternity of. (3) A cell or…
- Hallucination A profound distortion in a person's perception of reality, typically accompanied by a powerful sense of…
- Hormone, thyrotropin A hormone produced by the pituitary gland at the base of the brain in response to signals from the…
- Tympanoplasty A surgical operation to correct damage to the middle ear and restore the integrity of bones of the middle ear…
- Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Known for short as MMWR, this is a key weekly scientific publication prepared and published by the US Centers…