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Negative calorie diet
The Negative calorie diet is a weight loss concept based upon the premise that consumption of foods with a 'negative caloric effect' (meaning that the calories burned by chewing, digesting, and eliminating the food are greater than those…
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- Berlin Heart The name of a company in Berlin, Germany and of a ventricular assist device it makes. The device works by…
- Null mutation A mutation (a change) in a gene that leads to its not being transcribed into RNA and/or translated into a…
- STDs in women See Sexually transmitted diseases in women
- Hip bursitis Hip bursitis: A bursa is a fluid-filled sac that functions as a gliding surface to reduce friction between…
- Cancer, basal cell Cancer, basal cell: The most common type of skin cancer, a disease in which the cancer cells resemble the…
- Takayasu arteritis Inflammation of aorta and its branches. See: Takayasu disease
- False vocal cord A fold of mucous membrane covering muscle in the larynx. The false vocal cord separates the ventricle of the…
- Olfactory system See: Olfactory apparatus
- Gene mapping The process of determining the relative positions of genes on a chromosome (or another piece of DNA) and the…
- Fiber Fiber: The parts of plants that cannot be digested, namely complex carbohydrates. Also known as bulk or…
- Abbreviations, prescription A prescription, as is well known, is a physician's order for the preparation and administration of a drug or…