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Amastigote
Refers to a cell that does not have any flagella, used mainly to describe a certain phase in the life-cycle of trypanosome protozoans.
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Alzheimer’s disease
A degenerative, organic, mental disease characterized by progressive brain deterioration and dementia, usually occurring after the age of 50. The most common form of dementia, characterized by increasing impairment in memory and other cognitive functions, such as language disturbance, inability to carry out motor activities, and disturbances in intellectual functioning. The course of the disease…
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Alveolar macrophage
A vigorously phagocytic macrophage on the epithelial surface of lung alveoli that ingests carbon and other inhaled particulate matter. Also called coniophage or dust cell.
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Alterative
A medication or treatment which gradually induces a change, and restores healthy functions without sensible evacuations. Term not used in allopathic (or conventional) medicine that means a plant or procedure that stimulates physical changes in the body that will appropriately deal with chroriic or acute diseases. A substance that renews tissues and improves function slowly…
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Alpha amylase a-amylase
A major form of amylase found in humans and other mammals that cleaves alpha-bonds of large sugar molecules.
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Alpha-adrenoceptor
Receptors postulated to exist on nerve cell membranes of the sympathetic nervous system in order to explain the specificity of certain agents that affect only some sympathetic activities (such as vasoconstriction and relaxation of intestinal muscles and contraction of smooth muscles).
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Alopecia areata
Is a particular disorder affecting hair growth (loss of hair) in the scalp and elsewhere. Irregular loss of hair on the scalp or body, alopecia totalis. A condition in which the hair falls out in patches. Alopecia areata is a common form of reversible hair loss which may be patchy, total on the scalp, eyebrows…
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Alopecia
Is the loss of hair on the body. Absence of hair from areas where it is normally present. Hair loss; baldness; absence of hair from skin areas where it is normally present. A lack or loss of bodily hair that is most obvious on the scalp, which tends to develop patchy hair loss. Partial or…
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Allostasis
The process of achieving stability, or homeostasis, through physiological or behavioral change.
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Allergic
Pertaining to, caused, affected with, or the nature of the allergy. Having an allergy to something.