Category: G

  • GSTM

    Glutathione S transferase M1, a major group of detoxification enzymes.  

  • GSSG

    Glutathione disulfides are biologically important intracellular thiols, and alterations in the GSH/GSSG ratio are often used to assess exposure of cells to oxidative stress.  

  • GSH-Px

    Glutathione peroxidase, general name of an enzyme family with peroxidase activity whose main biological role is to protect the organism from oxidative damage.  

  • Grippe

    An epidemic catarrh; older term for influenza. An archaic term of French origin used to describe any illness that resembles influenza.  

  • Gripe water

    Is a home remedy for babies with colic, gas, teething pain or other stomach ailments. Its ingredients vary, and may include alcohol, bicarbonate, ginger, dill, fennel and chamomile. A solution of glucose and alcohol, used to relieve abdominal pains in babies.  

  • Gravel

    Sand-like concretions of uric acid, calcium oxalate, and mineral salts formed in the passages of the biliary and urinary tracts. Calculi occurring in small particles. Small concretions in the bladder or kidney. The formation of small concretions in the urinary passages. Small stones which pass from the kidney to the urinary system, causing pain in…

  • Granulation

    The condition or appearance of being granulated (becoming grain-like). New cell layers (in the form of small granular prominences) over capillaries and collagen in a wound. The formation of rough red tissue on the surface of a wound or site of infection, the first stage in the healing process. Growth of small projections of tiny…

  • G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs)

    Comprise a large and diverse family of proteins whose primary function is to transduce extracellular stimuli into cells.  

  • Gout

    Gout

    A disorder caused by a build-up of a waste product, uric acid, in the bloodstream. Excess uric acid settles in joints causing inflammation, pain and swelling. Inflammation of joints caused by uric acid crystals lodging in them. Painful disease caused by accumulation of crystals of uric acid in the synovial fluid of joints; may be…

  • Gonorrhoea

    A common sexually transmitted bacterial infection caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae. A sexually transmitted disease which produces painful irritation of the mucous membrane and a watery discharge from the vagina or penis. Gonorrhoea is an inflammatory disease caused by Neisseria gonococcous, affecting especially the mucous membrane of the urethra in the male and that…