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The National Library of Medicine (NLM), on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, is the world's largest medical library. The Library collects materials and provides information and research services in all areas of biomedicine and health care.
A quickly progressing disease in which too many immature blood-forming cells are found in the blood and bone marrow. Also called acute myeloid leukemia or acute nonlymphocytic leukemia.
Industry:Medical
1) Adenine (A) is one of four chemical bases in DNA, with the other three being cytosine (C), guanine (G), and thymine (T). Within the DNA molecule, adenine bases located on one strand form chemical bonds with thymine bases on the opposite strand. The sequence of four DNA bases encodes the cell's genetic instructions. A form of adenine called adenosine triphosphate (ATP) serves 2) A purine base (C5H5N5) that codes hereditary information in the genetic code in DNA and RNA.
Industry:Medical
Blood vessel formation when new vessels emerge from the proliferation of pre-existing blood vessels.
Industry:Medical
1) Carcinoma derived from glandular tissue or in which tumor cells form recognizable glandular structures.
2) Cancer that begins in cells that line certain internal organs and that have glandular (secretory) properties.
Industry:Medical
1) Absence of hair from areas where it is normally present.
2) Baldness or the loss of hair.
Industry:Medical
1) A type of protein made by certain white blood cells in response to a foreign substance (antigen). Each antibody can bind to only a specific antigen. The purpose of this binding is to help destroy the antigen. Antibodies can work in several ways, depending on the nature of the antigen. Some antibodies destroy antigens directly. Others make it easier for white blood cells to destroy the antigen.
2) An antibody is a protein component of the immune system that circulates in the blood, recognizes foreign substances like bacteria and viruses, and neutralizes them. After exposure to a foreign substance, called an antigen, antibodies continue to circulate in the blood, providing protection against future exposures to that antigen.
Industry:Medical
A hormone secreted by the adrenal cortex that regulates electrolyte and water balance by increasing the renal retention of sodium and the excretion of potassium.
Industry:Medical
1: The act or process of adapting: the state of being adapted (his ingenious adaptation of the electric cautery knife to. . . Surgery -- George Blumer). 2: Adjustment to environmental conditions: as a) adjustment of a sense organ to the intensity or quality of stimulation b) modification of an organism or its parts that makes it more fit for existence under the conditions of its environment.
Industry:Medical
1) A reduction in the number of circulating erythrocytes or in the quantity of hemoglobin.
2) A condition in which the number of red blood cells is below normal.
Industry:Medical
1) Paired glands situated in the retroperitoneal tissues at the superior pole of each kidney.
2) A pair of small glands, one located on top of each kidney. They produce steroid hormones, adrenaline and noradrenaline, which help control control heart rate, blood pressure, and other important body functions.
Industry:Medical
