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Carb
Slang for carbohydrate. Mainly sugars and starches, together constituting one of the three principal types of nutrients used as energy sources (calories) by the body. Carbohydrates can also be defined chemically as neutral compounds of…
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- Asperger syndrome An autistic disorder most notable for the often great discrepancy between the intellectual and social…
- Promoter In molecular biology, a site on DNA to which the enzyme RNA polymerase can bind and initiate the…
- Sixth disease A viral disease of infants and young children with sudden onset of high fever which lasts several days and…
- Bromoderma A skin eruption brought on by chronic exposure to bromine. Essentially an allergic reaction to bromine. There…
- Snuffbox, anatomical A hollow seen on the radial aspect (the thumbside) of the dorsum (the back) of the wrist when the thumb is…
- General Clinical Research Center (Abbreviated GCRC). See: Clinical Research Center
- Serial transverse enteroplasty Abbreviated STEP. A surgical procedure designed to treat the short bowel syndrome. STEP is based on the idea…
- Jimmy Fund A children's cancer fund that has been responsible for highly significant work, especially on chemotherapy…
- Hemorrhagic cyst This type of functional cyst occurs when bleeding occurs within a cyst. Symptoms such as abdominal pain on…
- Platelet count The calculated number of platelets in a volume of blood, usually expressed as platelets per cubic millimeter…
- Brontophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of thunder that causes undue anxiety even though sufferers realize that…