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Carotid body
A small 'body' of tissue rich in capillaries, at the spot the carotid artery branches in the neck, containing cells that sense the oxygen and carbon dioxide levels in blood and from which messages are dispatched to the medulla (in the…
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Show more- Disease, Kimmelstiel-Wilson Diabetic nephropathy (kidney disease). Kimmelstiel-Wilson disease is a kidney condition associated with…
- Infectious hepatitis See Hepatitis A
- Antibiotic A drug used to treat infections caused by bacteria and other microorganisms. Originally, an antibiotic was a…
- CM A centimorgan, a unit of measure of genetic recombination frequency. One cM is equal to a 1% chance that a…
- AVN Avascular necrosis
- Medical device 1. Broadly, any physical item used in medical treatment, from a cardiac pacemaker to a wheelchair.2.In…
- Glutathione S-transferase, omega-1 See: Glutathione S-transferase omega-1
- Finished DNA sequence A DNA sequence in which the bases are identified to an accuracy of no more than 1 error in 10,000 and are…
- Tattoos & permanent makeup The intradermal application of inks for the purpose of tattooing or permanent makeup (also known as…
- Anemia, Mediterranean Better known today as thalassemia (or as beta thalassemia or thalassemia major). The clinical picture of this…
- Lethal Deadly, fatal, capable of causing death, death-dealing. The word 'lethal' comes from the Latin 'letum'…
- Vinyl chloride A substance used in manufacturing plastics that is known to be toxic and carcinogenic (cancer-causing)…