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Galactose
A sugar contained in milk. Galactose makes up half of the sugar called lactose that is found in milk. Lactose is called a disaccharide, di meaning 2, since lactose is made up of two sugars, galactose and glucose, bound together. Galactose…
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- Cryptitis A term that is used to describe one of the abnormalities that is seen under the microscope when small…
- Pediatric Pertaining to children
- Liver cancer, adult primary A tumor in which the cancer starts during adulthood in cells in the liver. Also called hepatocellular…
- Y. pestis Yersinia pestis, the bacteria that causes the bubonic plague which in the year 541 (as the Black Death) and…
- PNS (peripheral nervous system) That portion of the nervous system that is outside the brain and spinal cord. The peripheral nervous system…
- Crutch A wooden or metal vertical prop that helps support a disabled person while he or she is walking. Crutches…
- Child neglect Child neglect is the most frequently reported form of child abuse (60% of all cases) and the most lethal…
- Gallstones, microscopic Gallstones, microscopic: A mixture of microscopic particulate matter in bile, also called biliary sludge…
- Red jungle fowl genome The genome of Gallus gallus, the ancestor of domestic chickens. See: Chicken genome
- Central core disease See: Central core disease of muscle
- Section, Caesarian Also referred to as a C-section. A procedure in which a baby, rather than being born vaginally, is surgically…