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Biofluid
A biological fluid. Biofluids can be excreted (such as urine or sweat), secreted (such as breast milk or bile), obtained with a needle (such as blood or cerebrospinal fluid), or develop as a result of a pathological process (such as (such…
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Show more- Patellofemoral joint One of the knee joints. The knee has three parts. The thigh bone (femur) meets the large shin bone (tibia)…
- ACP (American College of Physicians) See: American College of Physicians
- Lumbar puncture Lumbar puncture: A lumbar puncture or 'LP' is a procedure whereby spinal fluid is removed from the spinal…
- BP1 Beta protein 1, a protein encoded by a member of the homeobox gene family, a group of genes important to…
- Commensal 1. Living in a relationship in which one organism derives food or other benefits from another organism…
- Electrosurgery Instead of using a scalpel, the surgeon utilizes a heat-generating electrical device to burn or vaporize…
- Neanderthal An extinct subspecies of Homo sapiens who lived in Europe and the area around the Mediterranean from 100,000…
- Medication, anticoagulant A drug that is used as a 'blood-thinner' to prevent the formation of blood clots and to maintain open blood…
- FBLN3 The gene encoding the protein known as fibulin 3. See: Fibulin 3
- Dysthymia Dysthymia: A type of depression involving long-term, chronic symptoms that are not disabling, but keep a…
- AVM An AVM (arteriovenous malformation) is a congenital disorder (one present at birth) of blood vessels in the…
- HHV-3 Human herpesvirus 3. See herpes zoster.