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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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Warthin tumour

Medical; Medicine

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.

Adenolymphoma

Medical; Medicine

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.

Adenomyoma

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A benign neoplasm of muscle (usually smooth muscle) with glandular elements. It occurs most frequently in the uterus and uterine ligaments.

Albendazole

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A benzimidazole broad-spectrum anthelmintic structurally related to mebendazole that is effective against many diseases.

A cell surface receptor mediating cell adhesion to the extracellular matrix and to other cells via binding to laminin. It is involved in cell migration, embryonic development, leukocyte activation ...