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- Bioactive Having an effect upon a living organism, tissue, or cell. Biologically active. Antibiotic, enzymes, and…
- Hyperglycemia Hyperglycemia: A high blood sugar. An elevated level specifically of the sugar glucose in the blood…
- Recombinant A person with a new combination of genes, a combination of genes not present in either parent, due to…
- Adrenoleukodystrophy A rare genetic (inherited) disorder characterized by the breakdown or loss of the myelin sheath surrounding…
- Collagen disease A disease (autoimmune or otherwise) that attacks the collagen or other components of connective tissue, such…
- Dialectical behavioral therapy A mode of treatment designed for people with borderline personality disorder (BPD), particularly those with…
- Breast trauma Breast trauma: Physical damage to a breast. If a breast is injured by trauma, tiny blood vessels may rupture…
- Bronchitis, chronic Defined clinically as a daily cough with production of sputum for 3 months, two years in a row. In chronic…
- Psychoneuroimmunology The study of the connections between the mind and the neural, immune and endocrine (hormonal) systems. The…
- Tension 1) The pressure within a vessel, such as blood pressure: the pressure within the blood vessels. For example…
- Polymyalgia Pain in multiple muscles, as in polymyalgia rheumatica