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Show more- Inspissate To thicken. Inspissated bile is thickened bile
- Membrane A very thin layer of tissue that covers a surface.
- Intelligence, verbal Innate or learned ability to understand and answer questions given in writing or verbally
- Hepatic- A combining form used before a vowel to indicate a relationship to a hepatic duct or the liver. From the…
- Talus The ankle bone. The ankle joint is formed by the talus and the bottom of the tibia and fibula that rest upon…
- CCD (Central core disease of muscle) One of the conditions that produces 'floppy baby' syndrome. CCD causes hypotonia (floppiness) in the newborn…
- Meiotic Pertaining to meiosis (the process of germ cell formation).
- Roundworm A type of parasitic worm that hatches in the intestines and lives there. The eggs of the roundworm usually…
- Teratogen, warfarin as Warfarin as: The anticoagulant warfarin (COUMADIN) is a known teratogen, an agent that can disturb the…
- Phosphate A form of phosphoric acid. Calcium phosphate makes bones and teeth hard.
- PMD Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease
- Hormone, glucocorticoid A hormone that predominantly affects the metabolism of carbohydrates and, to a lesser extent, fats and…