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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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Solcoseryl

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An extract from calf blood containing inorganic salts, amino acids, polypeptides and purines, but no proteins nor antigenic substances or blood group characteristics. Its exact composition is ...

Actigraphy

Medical; Medicine

The measurement and recording of motor activity to assess rest/activity cycles.

A benign neoplasm of the adrenal cortex. It is characterised by a well-defined nodular lesion, usually less than 2.5 cm. Most adrenocortical adenomas are nonfunctional. The functional ones are yellow ...

Adrenocortical adenoma

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Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia cells antigen CD38

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A bifunctional enzyme that catalyses the synthesis and hydrolysis of cyclic ADP-ribose (cADPR) from NAD+ to ADP-ribose. It is a cell surface molecule which is predominantly expressed on lymphoid ...

Papillary cystadenoma lymphomatosum

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A benign tumour characterised histologically by tall columnar epithelium within a lymphoid tissue stroma. It is usually found in the salivary glands, especially the parotid.

ADPR cyclase CD38

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A bifunctional enzyme that catalyses the synthesis and hydrolysis of cyclic ADP-ribose (cADPR) from NAD+ to ADP-ribose. It is a cell surface molecule which is predominantly expressed on lymphoid ...