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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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Actinoids

Medical; Medicine

A series of radioactive elements from actinium, atomic number 89, to and including lawrencium, atomic number 103.

Factor viia

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Activated form of factor VII. Factor VIIa activates factor X in the extrinsic pathway of blood coagulation.

Factor va

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Activated form of factor V. It is an essential cofactor for the activation of prothrombin catalysed by factor xa.

Actinomycosis

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Infections with bacteria of the genus actinomyces.

A compound composed of a two cyclic peptides attached to a phenoxazine that is derived from streptomyces parvullus. It binds to DNA and inhibits RNA synthesis (transcription), with chain elongation ...

Inducible t cell co stimulator

Medical; Medicine

A costimulatory receptor that is specific for inducible T-cell co-stimulator ligand. The receptor is associated with a diverse array of immunologically-related effects including the increased ...

Fsh-releasing protein

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Activins are produced in the pituitary, gonads, and other tissues. By acting locally, they stimulate pituitary FSH secretion and have diverse effects on cell differentiation and embryonic ...