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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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A species of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic coccobacillus-shaped bacteria that has been isolated from pneumonic lesions and blood. It produces pneumonia with accompanying fibrinous pleuritis ...

Type 3 plasminogen activator inhibitor

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A member of the serpin family of proteins that is found in plasma and urine. It is dependent on heparin and is able to inhibit activated protein C; thrombin; kallikrein; and other serine ...

Function activator

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Loose-fitting removable orthodontic appliances which redirect the pressures of the facial and masticatory muscles onto the teeth and their supporting structures to produce improvements in tooth ...

Plasminogen activator inhibitor 3

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A member of the serpin family of proteins that is found in plasma and urine. It is dependent on heparin and is able to inhibit activated protein C; thrombin; kallikrein; and other serine ...

Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae

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Actinobacteria

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Class of bacteria with diverse morphological properties. Strains of Actinobacteria show greater than 80% 16S rDNA/rRNA sequence similarity among each other and also the presence of certain signature ...

Actinomyces viscosus

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A species of actinomyces found in the oral cavity of man and hamsters. It has been isolated from actinomycotic lesions in swine, cats, and dogs and has been identified as a causative agent of animal ...