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Adipocyte
A fat cell, a connective tissue cell that has differentiated and become specialized in the synthesis (manufacture) and storage of fat. The adipocyte is important to the body in maintaining proper energy balance, storing calories in the…
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- Hyperosmolar In biochemistry, pertaining to an osmolar concentration of the body fluids that is abnormally increased. As…
- Orthopod Slang for orthopedist.
- Joint, patellofemoral One of the knee joints. The knee has three parts. The thigh bone (femur) meets the large shin bone (tibia)…
- End stage The last phase in the course of a progressive disease. As in end-stage liver disease, end-stage lung disease…
- Scarlet fever Also called scarlatina, a disease caused by infection with group A streptococcal bacteria that occurs in a…
- Hereditary angioedema A genetic form of angioedema. (Angioedema is also referred to as Quinke's disease.) Persons with it are born…
- Encephalitis, West Nile A febrile disease caused by the West Nile virus that is transmitted from birds to the common Culex mosquito…
- Neurone A variant spelling of neuron. Sometimes preferred in the UK, as in 'His suffering from motor neurone disease…
- Cranial nerve VIII The eighth cranial nerve is the vestibulocochlear nerve. The vestibulocochlear nerve is responsible for the…