The nutrients required in relatively large amounts in the body: protein, carbohydrate, fat, and water.

An area of upland or montane vegetation dominated by heathers and on dry or damp soils.

A term for hypothyroidism that is often used to describe patients in whom the underactivity of the thyroid gland is…

A disorder that arises when multiple areas of the brain suffer damage caused by multiple strokes with impairment of brain…

To biochemically build up or utilize substances to permit growth and energy in the body.

A condition in which a patient exhibits normal blood pressure in a doctor s office but hypertension outside of the…

The signs and symptoms of a disease.

Extracting nutrition from a fungus and hence indirectly from other organic matter, rather than producing energy through photosynthesis.

DNA phylogenetics, the analysis of DNA sequences to produce a phylogenetic tree and estimate evolutionary relationships of taxa.