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CST3
The gene for cystatin C
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Show more- Calcification The process of building bone by suffusing tissues with calcium salts. Also called ossification
- Chemo-brain See: Chemobrain
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- Perichondritis Inflammation of the perichondrium, a dense membrane composed of fibrous connective tissue that closely wraps…
- Collagen Collagen is the principal protein of the skin, tendons, cartilage, bone and connective tissue
- Amplification Making multiple copies of a gene or of any sequence of DNA. Repeated copying of a piece of DNA. In…
- Urgency, urinary An immediate unstoppable urge to urinate, due to a sudden involuntary contraction of the muscular wall of the…
- Spur, heel A bony spur projecting from the back or underside of the heel that often makes walking painful. Spurs at the…
- Cardiac conduction system The electrical conduction system that controls the heart rate. This system generates electrical impulses and…
- Artificial knee A replacement for the human knee. An artificial knee typically has a metal shell on the end of the thigh bone…
- Cancer, gastric Cancer of the stomach, the major organ that holds food for digestion. Worldwide, stomach cancer is the second…
- Manic-depressive disease See manic-depression