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Cell, plasma
A type of white blood cell that produces and secretes antibodies. A plasma cell is a fully differentiated lymphocyte in the B-cell (not the T-cell) lineage. As with most cell types, plasma cells can mutate to give rise to cancer. Plasma…
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- Alanine-glyoxylate aminotransferase A liver enzyme known, for short, as AGXT. See: AGXT
- Thr Threonine. See also: Amino acid symbols
- Adapter protein A protein acts as a connecting molecule. An adapter protein is critical to intermolecular interactions and…
- Acute confusional state See: Delirium
- Filoviridae A family of viruses that cause hemorrhagic fever. Filoviruses have single- stranded RNA as their genetic…
- Hypoplastic anemia-triphalangeal thumbs E-Smith type: See: Aase-Smith syndrome II
- NREM sleep Sleep: NREM (non-rapid eye movement) sleep is dreamless sleep. During NREM, the brain waves on the…
- Aphasia, acquired epileptiform See Landau-Kleffner syndrome
- Primordium In embryology, organ or tissue in its earliest recognizable stage of development. As, for example, the…
- Anastrozole An oral antiestrogen. Anastrozole inhibits the enzyme aromatase in the adrenal glands that produces the…
- Bright's disease Chronic inflammation of the blood vessels in the kidney with protein, specifically albumin, in the urine…