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Asparagine
An amino acid, one of the 20 building blocks of protein. Asparagine is nonessential to the diet since the body can synthesize it. Asparagine is important to the metabolism of ammonia. It was the first amino acid to be isolated from a…
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- Herbalist One versed in herbal lore and, in regard to therapy, an herb doctor.
- Pubic lice Parasitic insects found in the genital area of humans. Pubic lice are usually spread through sexual contact…
- TB Common abbreviation (spelled out T-B) for tuberculosis. Tuberculosis took its name from the characteristic…
- Olfactory disorder A loss in the ability to smell or a change in the way odors are perceived. Reduction of the sense of smell is…
- Juvenile-onset diabetes See Diabetes, type 1
- Effusion, pleural See: Pleural effusion
- Symptom of pregnancy See: Pregnancy symptom
- Muir-Torre syndrome A genetic syndrome characterized by a combination of sebaceous tumors of the skin and one or more internal…
- Straightjacket See: Straitjacket
- Isoform A protein that has the same function as another protein but which is encoded by a different gene and may have…