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FLAP
A gene that helps make a leukotriene, a signal that activates the white blood cells involved in inflammation. FLAP stands for 5-lipoxygenase-activating protein. FLAP has been implicated in a number of inflammatory responses, including…
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Show more- Induced menopause Menopause: Menopause may be due to an unusual ('unnatural') event. It is induced when the ovaries are…
- Mitochondrial genome All of the genetic information contained in the chromosome of the mitochondrion, a structure located in the…
- DNA repair gene A gene engaged in DNA repair. When a DNA repair gene is impaired, mutations pile up throughout the DNA. The…
- Allodynia Pain from stimuli which are not normally painful. The pain may occur other than in the area stimulated…
- Spastic pseudoparalysis Better known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). A dementing disease of the brain. CJD is believed to be due…
- Carboxyhemoglobin Hemoglobin that has carbon monoxide instead of the normal oxygen bound to it. Carbon monoxide has a much…
- Fever, shin bone Fever, shin bone: Called shin bone fever because it characteristically causes fever and pain in the legs…
- Scrub in To wash the hands and forearms very thoroughly, as for surgery. To scrub in implies the use of a brush (and…
- Ptosis of the eyelids, adult Drooping of the upper eyelids in adults, most commonly due to separation of the tendon of the lid-lifting…
- Muscular dystrophy, Ullrich congenital A disorder evident at birth characterized by muscle weakness, contractures of multiple joints, and…
- Human metapneumovirus A novel virus that is a ubiquitous and important agent of respiratory disease. The human metapneumovirus…
- XXXXX syndrome A chromosome disorder in females, caused by the presence of five X chromosomes rather than the usual two. It…