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Hygieia
The science of preventive medicine and the preservation of health. From the name of Hygeia, the daughter of Asklepios, the Greek god of medicine (whose staff with entwined snake is the symbol of medicine). Asklepios (known to the Romans as…
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Show more- Analgesic A drug or medicine given to reduce pain without resulting in loss of consciousness. Analgesics are sometimes…
- Collagen Collagen is the principal protein of the skin, tendons, cartilage, bone and connective tissue
- Mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIB Sanfilippo syndrome due to deficiency of the enzyme alpha-N-acetylglucosaminidase. See also…
- Oogonium A female ancestral germ cell that divides several times to give rise to an oocyte that, in turn, develops…
- Erythromycin Erythromycin: Erythromycin is a common antibiotic for treating bacterial infection. Sold under many brand…
- Immunoglobulin D Abbreviated IgD. A class of immunoglobulins found as antibodies on the surface of B cells (B lymphocytes)…
- X chromosome inactivation See: X inactivation
- Tumor, islet cell See: Islet cell cancer
- Pantothenic acid Pantothenic acid is vitamin B5, one of the less well known B vitamins, perhaps because it is widely…
- Antipyretic Something that reduces fever or quells it. There are 3 classes of antipyretic medications that are sold OTC…
- Resection Surgical removal of part of an organ
- Vitreous type 2 Stickler syndrome Stickler syndrome, type II. See: Stickler syndrome