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Integrin
One of a large and very important family of adhesion molecules that promote stable interactions between cells and their environment. The integrins also act as cellular sensor and signaling molecules. Integrins contain two types of subunits…
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Show more- PAD Peripheral artery disease
- Sleep, paroxysmal Sleep, paroxysmal: A neurological disorder marked by a sudden recurrent uncontrollable compulsion to sleep…
- Icterus Jaundice. At least one medical dictionary defines icterus as the presence of jaundice seen in the sclera of…
- Dystonia musculorum deformans (DMD) Also called torsion dystonia, this is a fortunately rare, generalized dystonia (a state of abnormal -- either…
- Nadir The lowest point as, for example, the lowest blood count after chemotherapy, the lowest concentration of a…
- Tension, intravenous The pressure of the blood within a vein, the venous pressure
- Disease, Werner-His Named for the German physician Heinrich Werner (who did not describe Werner's premature aging syndrome) and…
- Sclerotherapy The injection of a chemical irritant into a vein to sclerose ('harden') it. The chemical irritates the lining…
- Orthopedics The branch of surgery broadly concerned with the skeletal system (bones). Orthopedics is how this field of…
- Morbilli Another name for measles, an acute highly contagious viral disease with fever, runny nose, cough, red eyes…
- Dental drill A device that dentists use to drill into teeth. Primitive dental drills were used in the 18th and early 19th…
- Metaphase chromosome A chromosome in the stage of the cell cycle (the sequence of events in the life of a cell) when a chromosome…