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Macrophage
A type of white blood that ingests (takes in) foreign material. Macrophages are key players in the immune response to foreign invaders such as infectious microorganisms. Blood monocytes migrate into the tissues of the body and there…
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- Quack 1) A practitioner who suggests the use of substances or devices for the prevention or treatment of disease…
- Giant platelet syndrome Nard-Soulier syndrome): This condition is a primary problem of platelets in which the platelets lack the…
- Ultrasonic-assisted liposuction Liposuction involves the surgical suctioning of fat deposits from specific parts of the body, the most common…
- Chikungunya An urban disease resembling dengue fever, seen mainly in Africa, the Indian subcontinent, and Southeast Asia…
- Transposition, genetics The ability of genes to change position on chromosomes, a process in which a transposable element is removed…
- Poison ivy Poison ivy: Skin inflammation resulting from contact with oils from the poison ivy vine. Chemicals produced…
- Membranous Pertaining to a membrane. As in acute membranous gingivitis, membranous nephropathy, and pseudomembranous…
- Y. pestis Yersinia pestis, the bacteria that causes the bubonic plague which in the year 541 (as the Black Death) and…
- Lipophilin See: Proteolipid protein