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Enzymes
Proteins that act as a catalysts in mediating and speeding a specific chemical reaction. In 1902 Archibald Garrod first attributed a disease to an enzyme defect: an inborn error of metabolism. Today, newborns are routinely screened for…
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Show more- Zoonotic disease Any disease that is spread from animals to people. There are many known zoonotic diseases, some of them very…
- APC (immunology) Antigen-presenting cell, a cell that can 'present' antigen in a form that T cells can recognize it. Among the…
- Cecal volvulus See: Volvulus
- B virus An infectious agent commonly found among macaque monkeys, including rhesus macaques, pig-tailed macaques, and…
- Lymphadenitis, regional Cat scratch disease, a mild flu-like infection, with swollen lymph nodes (lymphadenitis) and mild fever of…
- Glomerular Pertaining to the glomerulus, a tiny structure in the kidney that filters the blood to form urine
- NF See: Neurofibromatosis type 1.
- Hydrocarbon An organic compound composed exclusively of hydrogen and carbon. All hydrocarbons have a carbon backbone with…
- Blastokinin See: Uteroglobin
- Materteral 1. Literally, relating to a maternal aunt.2. Figuratively, suggestive of an aunt on either side of the…
- Hypomanic Affected by hypomania, a condition similar to mania but less severe. Hypomanic episodes may resemble manic…
- Kanner syndrome (Also called autism). A spectrum of neuropsychiatric disorders characterized by deficits in social…