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Pleiotropic cytokine
Cytokine that affects the activity of multiple cell types. A cytokine is a small protein that has a specific effect on the interactions between cells, on communications between cells, or on the behavior of cells
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Show more- Asthenia Weakness. Lack of energy and strength. Loss of strength. The word asthenia is not much used in medicine…
- Cor The Latin word for the heart. For example, cor pulmonale is heart disease that results from abnormally high…
- Subscapular Under the scapula, like the subscapularis muscle, which originates beneath the scapula.
- Chlorinated camphene See: Toxaphene
- Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor A selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) is one of the commonly prescribed drugs for treating…
- Atresia, biliary Congenital absence or closure of the major bile ducts, the ducts that drain bile from the liver. Biliary…
- In vitro fertilization In the living organism, as opposed to in vitro (in the laboratory).
- Obtund To dull or blunt. From the Latin obtundere, to blunt
- Radial head dislocation See: Nursemaid's elbow
- Herbal remedy A medication prepared from plants, including most of the world's traditional remedies for disease. Most…
- Bone, breast Breast: Familiar name for what is medically termed the sternum, the long flat bone in the middle of the front…
- Ramsay Hunt syndrome Ramsay Hunt syndrome: A herpes virus infection of the geniculate nerve ganglion that causes paralysis of the…