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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)
Spontaneous tearing in parallel with the normal salivation of eating. The crocodile tears syndrome occurs most often following facial paralysis when nerve fibers destined for a salivary gland are damaged and by mistake regrow into a tear…
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- Presbyacusis See: Presbycusis
- Cytology The medical and scientific study of cells. Cytology refers to a branch of pathology, the medical specialty…
- Gland, endocrine See: Endocrine gland
- Illusion A perception that occurs when a sensory stimulus is present but is incorrectly perceived and misinterpreted…
- Glycine An amino acid, one of the 20 building blocks of protein. A nonessential amino acid, glycine is part of many…
- Conserved sequence A base sequence in a DNA molecule (or an amino acid sequence in a protein) that has remained essentially…
- Antielastase An inhibitor of the action of the enzyme elastase. Alpha-1 antitrypsin is an antielastase. Also called an…
- SV40 Simian virus 40, a polyomavirus found in simians (nonhuman primates), SV40 has no relationship to the human…
- Fat scales See: Bioelectric impedance analysis
- Amer College of Ob and Gyn (ACOG) Gynecologists (ACOG): The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists is an organization concerned…
- Fasciitis, plantar Inflammation of the plantar fascia (fasciitis), the 'bowstring-like' tissue stretching from the heel…