Medicine

Medicine

The science and art of healing that employs a variety of health care practices to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness.

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Complications

Biotechnology; Biomedical

Complication, in medicine, is an unfavourable evolution of a disease, a health condition or a medical treatment. The disease can become worse in its severity or show a higher number of signs, ...

Crutches

Medical; Medicine

Two staffs with cross-pieces at the tops to fit under the armpits

Lanugo is a downy, unpigmented hair found on foetuses and sometimes on malnourished children and adults. While it is usually shed within the womb, lanugo is sometimes still present on newborn babies, ...

Lactose

Medical; Medicine

A sugar comprising one glucose molecule linked to a galactose molecule; occurs only in milk. Cow's milk contains about 4.7% lactose. Since ripening removes most of the lactose, fresh cheeses contain ...

Calf

Medical; Medicine

The back portion of the lower leg (the crus). In terms of muscle systems, the calf corresponds to the posterior compartment of the leg.

Stuttering

Medical; Medicine

Stuttering affects the fluency of speech. It begins during childhood and, in some cases, lasts throughout life. The disorder is characterised by disruptions in the production of speech sounds, also ...

calmodulin

Medical; Medicine

Heat resistant, low molecular weight aktivātorproteīn, found primarily in the brain and heart. The calcium ion binding protein bind cyclic nucleotide allows fosfodiesterāz and adenilciklāz with the ...