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Eukaryote
An organism that consists of one or more cells each of which has a nucleus and other well-developed intracellular compartments. Eukaryotes include all organisms except bacteria, viruses, and certain (blue-green) algae which, by contrast…
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- Essential fatty acid An unsaturated fatty acid that is essential to human health, but cannot be manufactured in the body. There…
- Syndrome X See: Metabolic syndrome
- Sublingual Underneath the tongue. A sublingual medication is a type of lozenge put under the tongue where it dissolves…
- Syndrome, Down A common chromosome disorder due to an extra chromosome number 21 (trisomy 21). Down syndrome causes mental…
- Antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity An immune response in which antibody, by coating target cells, makes them vulnerable to attack by immune…
- Inflammation, bladder See: Bladder inflammation
- Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome An overgrowth syndrome, whose clinical manifestations typically include macrosomia (large body size)…
- Morphine A powerful narcotic agent with strong analgesic (painkilling) action and other significant effects on the…
- Stent, coated See: Coated stent
- Abbreviations, prescription A prescription, as is well known, is a physician's order for the preparation and administration of a drug or…
- Nasal septum perforation A hole in the nasal septum, the wall inside the nose that runs down the middle dividing it into two sides…