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Glutamic acid
An amino acid, one of the 20 building blocks of protein. A nonessential amino acid, glutamic acid is present in many animal and plant proteins. It is involved in ammonia metabolism and serves as a neurotransmitter. Glutamic acid was…
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- Alcohol abuse Use of alcoholic beverages to excess, either on individual occasions ('binge drinking') or as a regular…
- Finger prick A procedure in which a finger is pricked with a lancet to obtain a small quantity of capillary blood for…
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Nistration: A part of the U.S. Public Health Service, SAMHSA works to improve the quality and availability of…
- Enophthalmos Sunken eyeball.
- ELA2 The gene encoding the enzyme elastase 2 (neutrophilic elastase). Mutations in ELA2 cause cyclic…
- Breast, infiltrating ductal carcinoma of the Infiltrating lobular carcinoma is the second most common type of invasive breast cancer next to infiltrating…
- Selenoprotein A peculiar class of proteins that contain the essential trace element selenium. The selenium in these…
- Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy See: Muscular dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
- Meningitis, Kernig sign of This clinical hallmark of meningitis, inflammation of the meninges, the membranes covering the brain and…
- Dermatoglyphics The study of the patterns of ridges on the skin of the fingers, palms, toes, and soles. Dermatoglyphics are…
- Anti-emetic See: Antiemetic