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CCK
Cholecystokinin
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- Neurosis A chronic disorder featuring irritability of the nervous system (nervousness) and characterized by anxiety…
- Immunocompetence The ability to produce a normal immune response
- Vasa previa A condition in which blood vessels within the placenta or the umbilical cord are trapped between the fetus…
- Atrophy, peroneal muscular Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
- Neutrophil A type of white blood cell, specifically a form of granulocyte, filled with neutrally-staining granules, tiny…
- Nasal septum The dividing wall within the nose. The nasal septum runs down the middle of the nose creating two sides to…
- Syndrome, Klippel-Feil See: Klippel-Feil sequence
- Table An old-fashioned but convenient household measure of capacity. A tablespoon holds about 3 teaspoons, each…
- Viral hemorrhagic fever Viral hepatitis is liver inflammation caused by viruses. Specific hepatitis viruses have been labeled A, B…
- Holt-Oram syndrome A genetic syndrome characterized by the combination of heart disease and malformations of the upper limb. The…