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CCK
Cholecystokinin
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Show more- Rate, death The number of deaths in the population divided by the average population (or the population at midyear) is…
- Gooseflesh A temporary local change in the skin when it becomes rougher due to erection of little muscles, as from cold…
- Pericardial Referring to the pericardium, the sac of fibrous tissue that surrounds the heart. The inner surface of the…
- Lysosome An organelle (a little organ) in a cell containing enzymes that degrade macromolecules (large molecules) and…
- Physician-assisted suicide Suicide: The voluntary termination of one's own life by administration of a lethal substance with the direct…
- Endometrium The uterine lining; the cells that line the uterus (the womb); the inner layer of the uterus. This tissue is…
- Wing bone See: SAD.
- Protein, acute phase See: Acute-phase protein
- Cardiac myxoma A benign tumor of the heart and the most common type of heart tumor in adults. Cardiac myxomas can appear in…
- Bulimia nervosa See Bulimia
- Fever, Rift Valley See: Rift Valley fever
- H. sapiens See: Homo sapiens