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Factor VIII
Factor eight, a key factor in the process of blood coagulation (clotting). Lack of normal factor VIII causes hemophilia (hemophilia A). The gene for classic hemophilia was long known to be on the X chromosome. Females carry the gene and…
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Show more- Recuperate To recover health and strength. From the Latin recuperare meaning to regain, get back, recover. To recuperate…
- Julius Axelrod See: Axelrod, Julius
- Internal ear There are three sections of the ear. They are the external ear, the middle ear, and the internal ear. The…
- Epidermal growth factor EGF
- Development, Human, . . . (NICHD) Of Child Health and (NICHD): One of the US National Institutes of Health, NICHD is in a sense the NIH for…
- Urgency, urinary An immediate unstoppable urge to urinate, due to a sudden involuntary contraction of the muscular wall of the…
- Fat requirements, infant Fat in human milk provides 30%-35% of the total daily caloric needs for a growing infant. Manufacturers of…
- Stenosis, pulmonary The pulmonary valve is too tight so that the flow of blood from the right ventricle of the heart into the…
- Nephrolith A kidney stone
- Father (1) The male parent. (2) One who originates. For example, 'Wilhelm Roentgen is considered the father of…
- Lentigo maligna melanoma See: Melanoma, lentigo maligna
- Protein, C-reactive See: Proteolipid protein.