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- Ubiquitous Present everywhere. The small protein called ubiquitin was so-named because it is present in all types of…
- Thrombocytosis See thrombocythemia
- Lifetime risk The risk of developing a disease during ones lifetime or dying of the disease. The estimated lifetime risk of…
- Homograft See: Allograft
- Non-insulin-dependent diabetes Type 2 diabetes. See also Diabetes, type 2.
- Overactive bladder Overactive bladder: A sudden involuntary contraction of the muscular wall of the bladder causing urinary…
- Exocrine gland A gland that secretes a substance out through a duct. The exocrine glands include the salivary glands, sweat…
- Skeleton, bones of the The human body has 206 bones. These consist of 80 axial (head and trunk) bones and 126 appendicular (upper…
- Midbrain aqueduct A canal that communicates between the third and fourth ventricles in a system of four communicating cavities…
- Drug, sulfa One of the sulfonamides, the sulfa-related antibiotics which are used to treat bacterial and some fungal…
- Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniform Rvices: See: CHAMPUS