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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.
Abnormal communication most commonly seen between two internal organs, or between an internal organ and the surface of the body.
Industry:Medical
1) A primary source of energy for living organisms. It is naturally occurring and is found in fruits and other parts of plants in its free state. It is used therapeutically in fluid and nutrient replacement.
2) A type of sugar; the chief source of energy for living organisms.
Industry:Medical
1) Доброкачественная эпителиальная опухоль с гландулярной (железистой) структурой.
2)Нераковая опухоль.
Industry:Medical
1) Transmitted through genes that have been passed from parents to their offspring (children).
2) The reception of genetic qualities by transmission from parent to offspring.
3) All of the genetic characters or qualities transmitted from parent to offspring.
Industry:Medical
A polychromatic nucleated cell of red marrow that synthesizes hemoglobin and that is an intermediate in the initial stage of red blood cell formation; broadly: a cell ancestral to red blood cells.
Industry:Medical
The use of highly variable repetitive sequences found in microsatellite regions adjacent to genes or other areas of interest as markers for linkage analysis, DNA fingerprinting, or other diagnostic application.
Industry:Medical
1) Connective tissue cells which secrete an extracellular matrix rich in collagen and other macromolecules.
2) A connective tissue cell that makes and secretes collagen proteins.
3) A fibroblast is the most common type of cell found in connective tissue. Fibroblasts secrete collagen proteins that are used to maintain a structural framework for many tissues. They also play an important role in healing wounds.
Industry:Medical
The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) is federal legislation that makes it unlawful to discriminate against individuals on the basis of their genetic profiles in regard to health insurance and employment. These protections are intended to encourage Americans to take advantage of genetic testing as part of their medical care. President George W. Bush signed GINA into law on May 22, 2008.
Industry:Medical
1) A small fossa.
2) A small rodless area of the retina that affords acute vision.
Industry:Medical
1) Excretion in semisolid state processed by the intestine.
2) The material discharged from the bowel during defecation. It consists of undigested food, intestinal mucus, epithelial cells, and bacteria.
3) The waste matter discharged in a bowel movement.
Industry:Medical
