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Absorption
Uptake. In the biomedical sciences, absorption has diverse specific meanings. In the body, absorption is the process whereby a cell, tissue or organ takes up a substance. In the intestinal tract, absorption is the uptake of food (or other…
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- Paraneoplastic syndrome The collective signs and symptoms caused by a substance emanating from a tumor or in reaction to a tumor…
- Putamen An area in the brain within a structure called the lentiform nucleus. The putamen may decrease in size as a…
- Humidifier fever Fever: A form of sick building syndrome that usually develops on Monday or the first workday of the week. The…
- Pasteur Institute A non-profit private foundation which contributes to the prevention and treatment of disease, primarily…
- Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) A bacterium that causes Johne's disease, a form of chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in cattle…
- Nannycam See: Nanny cam
- Humerus The long bone in the arm which extends from the shoulder to the elbow.
- Cryptitis A term that is used to describe one of the abnormalities that is seen under the microscope when small…
- Syndrome, cyclic vomiting Better known today as Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS), is an inherited disorder with easy bruising, joint…