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Ketone body
A chemicals that the body makes when there is not enough insulin in the blood and it must break down fat instead of the sugar glucose for energy. The ketone bodies -- acetone, acetoacetate, and beta-hydroxybutyrate -- are toxic acidic…
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- Granny cam A camcorder (a video camera and video recorder in one unit) that displays a live feed of elderly people, as…
- Melissophobia Fear of bees. A phobia is an unreasonable sort of fear that can cause avoidance and panic. Phobias are a…
- Anthophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of flowers. Sufferers experience anxiety even though they realize they face…
- Arthralgia Pain in the joints. There are many possible causes of pain in a joint. The Greek 'algos' means 'pain.
- Exhaustion, heat A warning that the body is getting too hot. The person may be thirsty, giddy, weak, uncoordinated, nauseous…
- Acanthamoeba A microscopic organism, an amoeba, found in soil, dust and fresh water (lakes, rivers, hot springs and hot…
- Corneal Pertaining to the cornea, the clear front window of the eye that transmits and focuses light into the eye
- Nondisjunction Failure of paired chromosomes to disjoin (separate) during cell division so that both chromosomes go to one…
- Flutter Flutter is a rapid vibration or pulsation. The difference between flutter and fibrillation is that flutter is…
- Materterine See: Materteral
- Lymphoid Referring to lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell. Also refers to tissue in which lymphocytes develop.