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Chocolate
A food or flavoring made from the seeds of the cacao or chocolate tree. Chocolate is rich in flavinoids, compounds that act as antioxidants. Flavinoids may also lower blood pressure and improve blood flow, by regulating the synthesis of…
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- Morbilli Another name for measles, an acute highly contagious viral disease with fever, runny nose, cough, red eyes…
- DNA, coding A sequence of DNA that codes for protein. Coding DNA sequences are separated by long regions of DNA called…
- Anonymous reporting In public health, anonymous reporting permits the acquisition of certain data such as the proportion of…
- Juvenile intestinal polyposis See: Juvenile polyposis
- Point mutation A single nucleotide base change in the DNA. A point mutation may consist of the loss of a nucleotide, the…
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation The circulatory system comprising the heart and blood vessels which carries nutrients and oxygen to the…
- Gastric MALT lymphoma A low-grade malignant lymphoma of the stomach associated with chronic infection by the bacterium H. pylori…
- Fertilization, in vitro IVF, a laboratory procedure in which sperm are placed with an unfertilized egg in a Petri dish to achieve…
- Tenormin See: Atenolol
- Vitamin requirements, infant Vitamins are organic substances that are essential in minute quantities for the proper growth, maintenance…
- Toxin, anthrax The toxic substance secreted by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis, the causative agent of the disease anthrax…