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Hashimoto thyroiditis
Thyroiditis: A progressive disease of the thyroid gland characterized by the presence of antibodies directed against the thyroid, and by infiltration of the thyroid gland by lymphocytes. Hashimoto thyroiditis is the most common cause of…
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- Phago- Fix): Eating, devouring. From the Greek 'phago' meaning 'to eat.' Examples of words starting with phago-…
- Taenia dentata Taenia solium
- Acetone In the body, a chemical that is formed when the body uses fat instead of glucose (sugar) for energy. The…
- Grief Therapy for people who have unusually serious grief reactions. The goal of grief therapy is to identify and…
- Genomics, structural The study of the proteome, the three-dimensional structures of all of the proteins produced by a species. In…
- Lysine An amino acid, one of the 20 building blocks of protein. A dietary essential amino acid, lysine is present in…
- Iatric Relating to medicine or a physician. Iatric systems are medical systems. From the Greek iatrikos (medical)…
- Ship fever An old name for epidemic typhus, which was common in the crowded conditions aboard ship. Ship Fever and Other…
- Familial Parkinson disease type 8 A familial form of Parkinson disease inherited in an autosomal dominant manner due to a gene on chromosome…
- Cannabinoid receptor 1 One of the two known receptors in the endocannabinoid (EC) system associated with the intake of food and…