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- Cortex The outer portion of an organ. The outer portion of the adrenal gland is called the adrenal cortex; the outer…
- Association 1. In dysmorphology (the study of birth defects), the nonrandom occurrence in two or more individuals of a…
- GALT The enzyme (galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase) lack of which causes the genetic metabolic disease…
- Prostate enlargement Most prostatic enlargement is due to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), a problem that bothers men…
- Insufficiency, pancreatic See: Pancreatic insufficiency
- Low vision A visual impairment, not corrected by standard glasses, contact lenses, medicine, or surgery, that interferes…
- Ketone body A chemicals that the body makes when there is not enough insulin in the blood and it must break down fat…
- Homogentisate 1,2-dioxygenase The enzyme encoded in the HGD gene. Mutation of HGD causes the genetic disease alkaptonuria. Homogentisate…
- Polychlorinated biphenyls See: PCBs