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Poison ivy
Poison ivy: Skin inflammation resulting from contact with oils from the poison ivy vine. Chemicals produced by this vine cause an immune reaction, producing redness, itching, and blistering of the skin. Poison ivy (Rhus radicans) is a…
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Show more- Abs Commonly used slang for the abdominal muscles, the muscles running up and down in the abdominal wall. The…
- Somnolent Sleepy or tending to cause sleep. 'Somnolent' came from French. It descends from the Latin 'somnus' meaning…
- Warburg's yellow enzyme A key respiratory enzyme discovered by the German biochemist Otto Heinrich Warburg (1883-1970), a pioneer in…
- Bevacizumab Generic name for a monoclonal antibody anticancer drug. See: Avastin
- Scleredema A dermatologic disorder characterized by hardening and thickening of the skin, typically over the face, neck…
- Body, amygdaloid See: Amygdaloid nucleus
- Incontinence, fecal Inability to hold feces in the rectum. This is due to failure of voluntary control over the anal sphincters…
- Adenoidectomy Adenoidectomy: The surgical removal of the adenoids.
- Nerve, sixth cranial The sixth cranial nerve is the abducent nerve, a small motor nerve that has one task: to supply a muscle…
- Lab Short for a laboratory (or a Labrador retriever)
- MCP Membrane cofactor protein. A ubiquitous protein on the surface of cells that regulates complement and is…
- Dendritic Referring to a dendrite, a short arm-like protuberance from a nerve cell (a neuron). Dendrites from neurons…