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Any compound similar to prostaglandin that can be used as a marker for tissue damage caused by oxygen-derived free radicals. It is measured in human blood through the use of immunoassay technique and may enhance the study of diseases caused by oxidative stress.  

Removed from one individual and transplanted to another of the same species, as a graft.  

Equal tension of vertical muscles of each eye with visual lines in the same horizontal plane; absence of hyperphoria and hypophoria. A state where both eyes are aligned on the same horizontal level.  

The first phase in contraction of the ventricle of the heart in which ventricular pressure increases but there is no decrease in volume of contents because semilunar valves are closed.  

The conversion of one chemical substance to an isomer.  

The state of being composed of compounds of the same number of atoms but having different atomic arrangements in the molecule.  

Genetically identical. In transplantations, being isologous (or isogenic) indicates the absence of any tissue incompatibility between the recipient of tissue and the tissue or organ itself.  

A hospital unit in which patients suffering from communicable diseases may be separated from other patients.  

An isolation technique that protects both health care personnel and patients from anyone who has or is suspected of having an infectious disease.