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A measurement of the energy content of food. The body needs calories as to perform its functions, such as breathing, circulating the blood, and physical activity. When a person is sick, their body may need extra calories to fight fever or other problems.
Industry:Health care
One of a group of about 20 proteins that is found in the blood and is important in fighting infections and other diseases.
Industry:Health care
A method in which an image or other type of data is changed into a series of dots or numbers so that it can be viewed and studied on a computer. In medicine, this type of image analysis is being used to study organs or tissues, and in the diagnosis and treatment of disease.
Industry:Health care
In medicine, the swelling of the penis with blood, causing it to become firm.
Industry:Health care
Cancer that forms in tissues lining the stomach. Also called stomach cancer.
Industry:Health care
One of many chemicals made by glands in the body. Hormones circulate in the bloodstream and control the actions of certain cells or organs. Some hormones can also be made in the laboratory.
Industry:Health care
A drug that is used to treat anxiety and certain seizure disorders (such as epilepsy), and to prevent nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy. It belongs to the families of drugs called antiemetics and benzodiazepines.
Industry:Health care
A concentration of 1/1,000,000 (one millionth) molecular weight per liter (mol/L).
Industry:Health care
