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Cellular memory
Cellular memory # Overview Cellular memory is the unproven hypothesis that such things as memories, habits, interests, and tastes may somehow be stored in all the cells of human bodies, i.e. not only in the brain. The suggestion arose following a number of organ transplants in which the recipient was reported to have ...
Cellular memory # Overview Cellular memory is the unproven hypothesis that such things as memories, habits, interests, and tastes may somehow be stored in all the cells of human bodies, i.e. not only in the brain. The suggestion arose following a number of organ transplants in which the recipient was reported to have ...
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DNA replication
DNA replication DNA replication is the process of copying a double-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) molecule, a process essential in all known life forms. The general mechanisms of DNA replication are different in prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms. As each DNA strand holds the same genetic information, both stra...
DNA replication DNA replication is the process of copying a double-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) molecule, a process essential in all known life forms. The general mechanisms of DNA replication are different in prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms. As each DNA strand holds the same genetic information, both str...
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Cemiplimab-rwlc
Cemiplimab-rwlc # Disclaimer WikiDoc MAKES NO GUARANTEE OF VALIDITY. WikiDoc is not a professional health care provider, nor is it a suitable replacement for a licensed healthcare provider. WikiDoc is intended to be an educational tool, not a tool for any form of healthcare delivery. The educational content on WikiD...
Cemiplimab-rwlc Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Zach Leibowitz [2] # Disclaimer WikiDoc MAKES NO GUARANTEE OF VALIDITY. WikiDoc is not a professional health care provider, nor is it a suitable replacement for a licensed healthcare provider. WikiDoc is intended to be...
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Cenegermin-bkbj
Cenegermin-bkbj # Disclaimer WikiDoc MAKES NO GUARANTEE OF VALIDITY. WikiDoc is not a professional health care provider, nor is it a suitable replacement for a licensed healthcare provider. WikiDoc is intended to be an educational tool, not a tool for any form of healthcare delivery. The educational content on WikiD...
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Centrophenoxine
Centrophenoxine # Overview Centrophenoxine (also called Meclofenoxate, and formerly sold under the brand name Lucidril®) is a drug used to treat the symptoms of senile dementia and Alzheimer's Disease. It is a compound of two biochemicals: dimethylaminoethanol (DMAE) and parachlorophenoxyacetate (pCPA). DMAE is a nat...
Centrophenoxine Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] # Overview Centrophenoxine (also called Meclofenoxate, and formerly sold under the brand name Lucidril®) is a drug used to treat the symptoms of senile dementia and Alzheimer's Disease. It is a compound of two biochemicals: dimethylaminoethanol (DMAE)...
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Cervical plexus
Cervical plexus # Overview The cervical plexus is a plexus of the ventral rami of the first four cervical spinal nerves which are located from C1 to C4 cervical segment in the neck. They are located laterally to the transverse processes between prevertebral muscles from the medial side and vertebral (m.scalenus, m.le...
Cervical plexus Template:Infobox Nerve Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] # Overview The cervical plexus is a plexus of the ventral rami of the first four cervical spinal nerves which are located from C1 to C4 cervical segment in the neck. They are located laterally to the transverse processes betwee...
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Ceteris paribus
Ceteris paribus Cēterīs pāribus is a Latin phrase, literally translated as "with other things the same," and usually rendered in English as "all other things being equal." A prediction, or a statement about causal or logical connections between two states of affairs, is qualified by ceteris paribus in order to acknow...
Ceteris paribus Cēterīs pāribus is a Latin phrase, literally translated as "with other things [being] the same," and usually rendered in English as "all other things being equal." A prediction, or a statement about causal or logical connections between two states of affairs, is qualified by ceteris paribus in order t...
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Charge ontology
Charge ontology The nature or essential characteristics of charge, an entity in or of the universe, may be called charge ontology. The illustration on the right shows two wires attached to a 12V battery, and depicts the field lines (gray pattern) and the lines of equal potential (yellow). Charge does not flow on the su...
Charge ontology Editor-In-Chief: Henry A. Hoff The nature or essential characteristics of charge, an entity in or of the universe, may be called charge ontology. The illustration on the right shows two wires attached to a 12V battery, and depicts the field lines (gray pattern) and the lines of equal potential (yellow)...
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Charles Nicolle
Charles Nicolle # Overview Charles Jules Henry Nicolle (September 21, 1866 Rouen - February 28, 1936) was a French bacteriologist who earned the 1928 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his identification of lice as the transmitter of epidemic typhus. # Biography He learned about biology early from his father Eugène Nicolle,...
Charles Nicolle Template:Infobox Scientist # Overview Charles Jules Henry Nicolle (September 21, 1866 Rouen - February 28, 1936) was a French bacteriologist who earned the 1928 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his identification of lice as the transmitter of epidemic typhus. # Biography He learned about biology early fro...
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Charles Mantoux
Charles Mantoux Charles Mantoux (1877 - 1947) was a French physician, the developer of the eponymous serological test for tuberculosis. He graduated from the University of Paris where he studied under Broca. For health reasons he relocated to Cannes but continued to work in Paris during the long vacation periods grante...
Charles Mantoux Charles Mantoux (1877 - 1947) was a French physician, the developer of the eponymous serological test for tuberculosis. He graduated from the University of Paris where he studied under Broca. For health reasons he relocated to Cannes but continued to work in Paris during the long vacation periods grant...
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Cheminformatics
Cheminformatics Cheminformatics (also known as chemoinformatics and chemical informatics) is the use of computer and informational techniques, applied to a range of problems in the field of chemistry. These in silico techniques are used in pharmaceutical companies in the process of drug discovery. These methods can al...
Cheminformatics Cheminformatics (also known as chemoinformatics and chemical informatics) is the use of computer and informational techniques, applied to a range of problems in the field of chemistry. These in silico techniques are used in pharmaceutical companies in the process of drug discovery. These methods can a...
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Chemical patent
Chemical patent A chemical patent or pharmaceutical patent is a patent for an invention in the chemical or pharmaceuticals industry. Strictly speaking, in most jurisdictions, there are essentially no differences between the legal requirements to obtain a patent for an invention in the chemical or pharmaceutical fields,...
Chemical patent Template:Sidebar with heading backgrounds A chemical patent or pharmaceutical patent is a patent for an invention in the chemical or pharmaceuticals industry. Strictly speaking, in most jurisdictions, there are essentially no differences between the legal requirements to obtain a patent for an inventio...
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Chemical symbol
Chemical symbol # Overview A chemical symbol is an abbreviation or short representation of the name of a chemical element, generally assigned in relation to its Latin name. Natural elements all have symbols of one or two letters; some man-made elements have temporary symbols of three letters. Chemical symbols are list...
Chemical symbol # Overview A chemical symbol is an abbreviation or short representation of the name of a chemical element, generally assigned in relation to its Latin name. Natural elements all have symbols of one or two letters; some man-made elements have temporary symbols of three letters. Chemical symbols are list...
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Thoracic cavity
Thoracic cavity # Overview The thoracic cavity (or chest cavity) is the chamber of the human body (and other animal bodies) that is protected by the thoracic wall (thoracic cage and associated skin, muscle, and fascia). # Components Structures within the thoracic cavity include: - structures of the cardiovascular sys...
Thoracic cavity Template:Infobox Anatomy Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] # Overview The thoracic cavity (or chest cavity) is the chamber of the human body (and other animal bodies) that is protected by the thoracic wall (thoracic cage and associated skin, muscle, and fascia). # Components Structur...
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Chewing tobacco
Chewing tobacco Chewing tobacco is a smokeless tobacco product. Chewing is one of the oldest ways of consuming tobacco leaves. Native Americans in both North and South America chewed the leaves of the plant, frequently mixed with lime. Smokeless tobacco contains 28 cancer-causing agents (carcinogens). It is a known c...
Chewing tobacco Chewing tobacco is a smokeless tobacco product. Chewing is one of the oldest ways of consuming tobacco leaves. Native Americans in both North and South America chewed the leaves of the plant, frequently mixed with lime. Smokeless tobacco contains 28 cancer-causing agents (carcinogens). It is a known ...
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Chi-square test
Chi-square test # Overview A chi-square test is any statistical hypothesis test in which the test statistic has a chi-square distribution when the null hypothesis is true, or any in which the probability distribution of the test statistic (assuming the null hypothesis is true) can be made to approximate a chi-square d...
Chi-square test # Overview A chi-square test is any statistical hypothesis test in which the test statistic has a chi-square distribution when the null hypothesis is true, or any in which the probability distribution of the test statistic (assuming the null hypothesis is true) can be made to approximate a chi-square d...
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Chimera (virus)
Chimera (virus) # Overview A chimera virus is defined by the United States Department of Agriculture Center for Veterinary Biologics as a "new hybrid microorganism created by joining nucleic acid fragments from two or more different microorganisms in which each of at least two of the fragments contain essential genes ...
Chimera (virus) # Overview A chimera virus is defined by the United States Department of Agriculture Center for Veterinary Biologics as a "new hybrid microorganism created by joining nucleic acid fragments from two or more different microorganisms in which each of at least two of the fragments contain essential genes ...
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Levobupivacaine
Levobupivacaine # Overview Levobupivacaine (rINN) (Template:PronEng) is a local anaesthetic drug belonging to the amino amide group. It is the S-enantiomer of bupivacaine. Levobupivacaine hydrochloride is commonly marketed by AstraZeneca under the trade name Chirocaine. # Clinical use Compared to bupivacaine, levobup...
Levobupivacaine Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] # Overview Levobupivacaine (rINN) (Template:PronEng) is a local anaesthetic drug belonging to the amino amide group. It is the S-enantiomer of bupivacaine. Levobupivacaine hydrochloride is commonly marketed by AstraZeneca under the trade name Chirocai...
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Chlorprothixene
Chlorprothixene # Overview Chlorprothixene (Cloxan, Taractan, Truxal) is a typical antipsychotic drug of the thioxanthene class and was the first of the series to be synthesized. It was introduced in 1959 by Lundbeck. Chlorprothixene is not approved for use in the United States. # Pharmacology Chlorprothixene exerts ...
Chlorprothixene Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] # Overview Chlorprothixene (Cloxan, Taractan, Truxal) is a typical antipsychotic drug of the thioxanthene class and was the first of the series to be synthesized.[1] It was introduced in 1959 by Lundbeck.[2] Chlorprothixene is not approved for use in ...
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Choanal atresia
Choanal atresia Synonyms and keywords: Atresia, Choanal; Atresias, Choanal; Choanal Atresias; Bosma arhinia microphthalmia syndrome; Bosma Henkin Christiansen syndrome; Congenital absence of nose and anterior nasopharynx # Overview The word “Choana” is derivative of a greek word “Xovan” which states the funnel and hen...
Choanal atresia Template:DiseaseDisorder infobox Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Jaspinder Kaur, MBBS[2] Synonyms and keywords: Atresia, Choanal; Atresias, Choanal; Choanal Atresias; Bosma arhinia microphthalmia syndrome; Bosma Henkin Christiansen syndrome; Congenital ...
https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Choanal_atresia
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Cholecalciferol
Cholecalciferol # Overview Cholecalciferol is a form of Vitamin D, also called vitamin D3. It is structurally similar to steroids such as testosterone, cholesterol, and cortisol (though vitamin D3 itself is a secosteroid). 1g of pure vitamin D3 is 40 000 000 (40x106) IU, or in other words, one IU is 0.025 μg. # Form...
Cholecalciferol Template:Chembox new # Overview Cholecalciferol is a form of Vitamin D, also called vitamin D3. It is structurally similar to steroids such as testosterone, cholesterol, and cortisol (though vitamin D3 itself is a secosteroid). 1g of pure vitamin D3 is 40 000 000 (40x106) IU, or in other words, one I...
https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Cholecalciferol
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Cholecystectomy
Cholecystectomy For the WikiPatient page for this topic, click here Cholecystectomy (Template:IPA, plural: cholecystectomies,) is the surgical removal of the gallbladder. Despite the development of non-surgical techniques, it is the most common method for treating symptomatic gallstones, although there are other reason...
Cholecystectomy For the WikiPatient page for this topic, click here Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Cholecystectomy (Template:IPA, plural: cholecystectomies,) is the surgical removal of the gallbladder. Despite the development of non-surgical techniques, it is the most common method for treating sym...
https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Cholecystectomies
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Cholecystokinin
Cholecystokinin Cholecystokinin (CCK or CCK-PZ; from Greek chole, "bile"; cysto, "sac"; kinin, "move"; hence, move the bile-sac (gallbladder)) is a peptide hormone of the gastrointestinal system responsible for stimulating the digestion of fat and protein. Cholecystokinin, previously called pancreozymin, is synthesized...
Cholecystokinin Cholecystokinin (CCK or CCK-PZ; from Greek chole, "bile"; cysto, "sac"; kinin, "move"; hence, move the bile-sac (gallbladder)) is a peptide hormone of the gastrointestinal system responsible for stimulating the digestion of fat and protein. Cholecystokinin, previously called pancreozymin, is synthesize...
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Chorionic villi
Chorionic villi # Overview Chorionic villi are villi that sprout from the chorion in order to give a maximum area of contact with the maternal blood. Embryonic blood is carried to the villi by the branches of the umbilical arteries, and after circulating through the capillaries of the villi, is returned to the embryo ...
Chorionic villi Template:Infobox Embryology Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] # Overview Chorionic villi are villi that sprout from the chorion in order to give a maximum area of contact with the maternal blood. Embryonic blood is carried to the villi by the branches of the umbilical arteries, and af...
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Chorioretinitis
Chorioretinitis # Overview Chorioretinitis is an inflammation of the choroid and retina of the eye. It is also known as Choroid retinitis. # Symptoms The symptoms are the presence of floating black spots and blurry vision. # Causes Chorioretinitis is often caused by a toxoplasmosis infection and mostly affects young...
Chorioretinitis # Overview Chorioretinitis is an inflammation of the choroid and retina of the eye. It is also known as Choroid retinitis. # Symptoms The symptoms are the presence of floating black spots and blurry vision. # Causes Chorioretinitis is often caused by a toxoplasmosis infection and mostly affects young...
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Chromaffin cell
Chromaffin cell # Overview Chromaffin cells are neuroendocrine cells found in the medulla of the adrenal gland (suprarenal gland - located above the kidneys) and in other ganglia of the sympathetic nervous system. They are derived from the embryonic neural crest. In the fifth week of (human) fetal development, neurobl...
Chromaffin cell Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] # Overview Chromaffin cells are neuroendocrine cells found in the medulla of the adrenal gland (suprarenal gland - located above the kidneys) and in other ganglia of the sympathetic nervous system. They are derived from the embryonic neural crest. In ...
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Group 6 element
Group 6 element A Group 6 element is one in the series of elements in group 6 (IUPAC style) in the periodic table, which consists of the transition metals chromium (Cr), molybdenum (Mo), tungsten (W), and seaborgium (Sg). "Group 6" is the new IUPAC name for this group; the old style name was "group VIA" in the old ...
Group 6 element A Group 6 element is one in the series of elements in group 6 (IUPAC style) in the periodic table, which consists of the transition metals chromium (Cr), molybdenum (Mo), tungsten (W), and seaborgium (Sg). "Group 6" is the new IUPAC name for this group; the old style name was "group VIA" in the old...
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Hepatic failure
Hepatic failure Synonyms and keywords: Liver failure; fulminating hepatic failure # Overview Liver failure is the inability of the liver to perform its normal synthetic and metabolic function as part of normal physiology. # Historical Perspective - The original definition of Acute liver failure by Trey and Davidson w...
Hepatic failure Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Roghayeh Marandi[2] Synonyms and keywords: Liver failure; fulminating hepatic failure # Overview Liver failure is the inability of the liver to perform its normal synthetic and metabolic function as part of normal physio...
https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Chronic_hepatic_failure
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Chrysolaminarin
Chrysolaminarin Chrysolaminarin is a linear polymer of β(1→3) linked glucose units. It used to be known as leucosin. Chrysolaminarin is arguably one of the most common biopolymers in the world with cellulose being the other. # Function Chrysolaminarin is a storage polysaccharide typically found in photosynthetic heter...
Chrysolaminarin Chrysolaminarin is a linear polymer of β(1→3) linked glucose units[1][2]. It used to be known as leucosin. Chrysolaminarin is arguably one of the most common biopolymers in the world with cellulose being the other. # Function Chrysolaminarin is a storage polysaccharide typically found in photosyntheti...
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Chvostek's sign
Chvostek's sign # Overview The Chvostek's sign (also Weiss sign) is one of the signs of tetany seen in hypocalcemia. It refers to an abnormal reaction to the stimulation of the facial nerve. When the facial nerve is tapped at the angle of the jaw, the facial muscles on the same side of the face will contract momentari...
Chvostek's sign Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] # Overview The Chvostek's sign (also Weiss sign) is one of the signs of tetany seen in hypocalcemia. It refers to an abnormal reaction to the stimulation of the facial nerve. When the facial nerve is tapped at the angle of the jaw, the facial muscles ...
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Chytridiomycota
Chytridiomycota Chytridiomycota is a phylum of the Fungi kingdom. The name refers to the chytridium (from the Greek chytridion, meaning "little pot"): the structure containing unreleased spores. In older classifications, chytrids (except the recently established order Spizellomycetales) were placed in the Class Phycom...
Chytridiomycota Chytridiomycota is a phylum of the Fungi kingdom. The name refers to the chytridium (from the Greek chytridion, meaning "little pot"): the structure containing unreleased spores. In older classifications, chytrids (except the recently established order Spizellomycetales) were placed in the Class Phyco...
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Cicely Saunders
Cicely Saunders Dame Cicely Mary Saunders, OM, DBE (June 22 1918 in Barnet, Hertfordshire, England – July 14 2005 at St Christopher's Hospice, South London, England) was a prominent Anglican nurse, physician and writer, involved with many international universities. She is best known for her role in the birth of the h...
Cicely Saunders Dame Cicely Mary Saunders, OM, DBE (June 22 1918 in Barnet, Hertfordshire, England – July 14 2005 at St Christopher's Hospice, South London, England) was a prominent Anglican nurse, physician and writer, involved with many international universities. She is best known for her role in the birth of the ...
https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Cicely_Saunders
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Cingulin-like 1
Cingulin-like 1 Cingulin-like 1, also known as paracingulin or junction-associated-coiled-coil protein (JACOP), is a protein which is encoded by the CGNL1 gene. The paracingulin polypeptide comprises a globular N-terminal "head" domain and an α-helical C-terminal domain which is presumed to form a coiled-coil dimer. Pa...
Cingulin-like 1 Cingulin-like 1, also known as paracingulin or junction-associated-coiled-coil protein (JACOP), is a protein which is encoded by the CGNL1 gene.[1][2][3][4][5] The paracingulin polypeptide comprises a globular N-terminal "head" domain and an α-helical C-terminal domain which is presumed to form a coile...
https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Cingulin-like_1
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Golgi apparatus
Golgi apparatus # Overview The Golgi apparatus (also called the Golgi body, Golgi complex, or dictyosome) is an organelle found in most eukaryotic cells. It was identified in 1898 by the Italian physician Camillo Golgi and was named after him. The primary function of the Golgi apparatus is to process and package the m...
Golgi apparatus Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] # Overview The Golgi apparatus (also called the Golgi body, Golgi complex, or dictyosome) is an organelle found in most eukaryotic cells. It was identified in 1898 by the Italian physician Camillo Golgi and was named after him. The primary function of...
https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Cis_face
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Claritin-D 24HR
Claritin-D 24HR Synonyms / Brand Names: # Dosing and Administration FDA Package Insert Resources Indications, Contraindications, Side Effects, Drug Interactions, etc. Calculate Creatine Clearance On line calculator of your patients Cr Cl by a variety of formulas. Convert pounds to Kilograms On line calculator of your ...
Claritin-D 24HR Synonyms / Brand Names: Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] # Dosing and Administration FDA Package Insert Resources Indications, Contraindications, Side Effects, Drug Interactions, etc. Calculate Creatine Clearance On line calculator of your patients Cr Cl by a variety of formulas. Con...
https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Claritin-D_24HR
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Classical logic
Classical logic Classical logic identifies a class of formal logics that have been most intensively studied and most widely used. They are characterised by a number of properties; non-classical logics are those that lack one or more of these properties, which are: - Law of the excluded middle and Double negative elimi...
Classical logic Classical logic identifies a class of formal logics that have been most intensively studied and most widely used. They are characterised by a number of properties[1]; non-classical logics are those that lack one or more of these properties, which are: - Law of the excluded middle and Double negative e...
https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Classical_logic
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Gracile nucleus
Gracile nucleus # Overview Located in the medulla oblongata, the gracile nucleus is one of the dorsal column nuclei that participates in the sensation of fine touch and proprioception. It contains second-order neurons of the dorsal column-medial lemniscus system which receive inputs from sensory neurons of the dorsal ...
Gracile nucleus Template:Infobox Brain # Overview Located in the medulla oblongata, the gracile nucleus is one of the dorsal column nuclei that participates in the sensation of fine touch and proprioception. It contains second-order neurons of the dorsal column-medial lemniscus system which receive inputs from sensor...
https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Clava
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Clavulanic acid
Clavulanic acid Clavulanic acid (rINN) (IPA: Template:IPA) is a beta-lactamase inhibitor (GlaxoSmithKline formerly Beecham) sometimes combined with penicillin group antibiotics to overcome certain types of antibiotic resistance. Specifically, it is used to overcome resistance in bacteria that secrete beta-lactamase enz...
Clavulanic acid Clavulanic acid (rINN) (IPA: Template:IPA) is a beta-lactamase inhibitor (GlaxoSmithKline formerly Beecham) sometimes combined with penicillin group antibiotics to overcome certain types of antibiotic resistance. Specifically, it is used to overcome resistance in bacteria that secrete beta-lactamase en...
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Cochlear nuclei
Cochlear nuclei # Overview The cochlear nuclei consist of: - (a) the dorsal cochlear nucleus, corresponding to the tuberculum acusticum on the dorso-lateral surface of the inferior peduncle; and - (b) the ventral or accessory cochlear nucleus, placed between the two divisions of the nerve, on the ventral aspect of the...
Cochlear nuclei Template:Infobox Brain # Overview The cochlear nuclei consist of: - (a) the dorsal cochlear nucleus, corresponding to the tuberculum acusticum on the dorso-lateral surface of the inferior peduncle; and - (b) the ventral or accessory cochlear nucleus, placed between the two divisions of the nerve, on t...
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Cognitive model
Cognitive model A cognitive model is an approximation to animal cognitive processes (predominantly human) for the purposes of comprehension and prediction. Cognitive models can be developed within or without a cognitive architecture, though the two are not always easily distinguishable. In contrast to cognitive archite...
Cognitive model A cognitive model is an approximation to animal cognitive processes (predominantly human) for the purposes of comprehension and prediction. Cognitive models can be developed within or without a cognitive architecture, though the two are not always easily distinguishable. In contrast to cognitive archit...
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Cognotechnology
Cognotechnology Cognotechnology is an emerging field that is technology applied to the cognitive domain, and is the result of a convergence of nanotechnology, biotechnology and information technology, according to Gerald Yonas, vice president and principal scientist at Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico (United S...
Cognotechnology Cognotechnology is an emerging field that is technology applied to the cognitive domain, and is the result of a convergence of nanotechnology, biotechnology and information technology, according to Gerald Yonas, vice president and principal scientist at Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico (United ...
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Ileocecal valve
Ileocecal valve # Overview The ileocecal valve is a sphincter muscle situated at the junction of the small intestine (ileum) and the large intestine. It regulates the flow of chyme into the bowels. Functionally, roughly two litres of fluid enters the colon daily through the ileocecal valve. # Histology The histology ...
Ileocecal valve Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] # Overview Template:Infobox Anatomy The ileocecal valve is a sphincter muscle situated at the junction of the small intestine (ileum) and the large intestine. It regulates the flow of chyme into the bowels.[1] Functionally, roughly two litres of fluid...
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Colin Blakemore
Colin Blakemore Colin Blakemore is a British neurobiologist specializing in vision, and chief executive of the British Medical Research Council (MRC). He is best known to the public as the target of a long-running animal-rights campaign. According to The Observer, he is both "one of the most powerful scientists in the ...
Colin Blakemore Colin Blakemore is a British neurobiologist specializing in vision, and chief executive of the British Medical Research Council (MRC). He is best known to the public as the target of a long-running animal-rights campaign. According to The Observer, he is both "one of the most powerful scientists in the...
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Colon (anatomy)
Colon (anatomy) # Overview In the anatomy of the digestive system, the colon is another name for the large intestine. The main function of the colon appears to be extraction of water from feces. In mammals, it consists of the ascending colon, transverse colon, the descending colon, and the sigmoid colon. The colon fro...
Colon (anatomy) Template:Infobox Anatomy # Overview In the anatomy of the digestive system, the colon is another name for the large intestine. The main function of the colon appears to be extraction of water from feces. In mammals, it consists of the ascending colon, transverse colon, the descending colon, and the si...
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Color blindness
Color blindness For patient information click here # Overview Color blindness, a color vision deficiency in humans, is the inability to perceive differences between some of the colors that other people can distinguish. It is most often of genetic nature, but may also occur because of eye, nerve, or brain damage, or d...
Color blindness For patient information click here Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] # Overview Color blindness, a color vision deficiency in humans, is the inability to perceive differences between some of the colors that other people can distinguish. It is most often of genetic nature, but may als...
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Comet tail sign
Comet tail sign # Overview - The comet tail sign is a finding that can be seen on computed tomographic scans of the chest. - It consists of a curvilinear opacity that extends from a subpleural "mass" toward the ipsilateral hilum. - The comet tail sign is produced by the distortion of vessels and bronchi that lead to a...
Comet tail sign Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2] # Overview - The comet tail sign is a finding that can be seen on computed tomographic scans of the chest. - It consists of a curvilinear opacity that extends from a subpleural "mass" toward the...
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Ducts of Cuvier
Ducts of Cuvier # Overview During development of the veins, the first indication of a parietal system consists in the appearance of two short transverse veins, the ducts of Cuvier (or common cardinal veins ), which open, one on either side, into the sinus venosus. Each of these ducts receives an ascending and descendi...
Ducts of Cuvier Template:Infobox Embryology Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] # Overview During development of the veins, the first indication of a parietal system consists in the appearance of two short transverse veins, the ducts of Cuvier (or common cardinal veins [1]), which open, one on either s...
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Sodium chloride
Sodium chloride # Overview Sodium chloride, also known as common salt, table salt, or halite, is a chemical compound with the formula NaCl. Sodium chloride is the salt most responsible for the salinity of the ocean and of the extracellular fluid of many multicellular organisms. As the main ingredient in edible salt, ...
Sodium chloride Template:Chembox new Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] # Overview Sodium chloride, also known as common salt, table salt, or halite, is a chemical compound with the formula NaCl. Sodium chloride is the salt most responsible for the salinity of the ocean and of the extracellular fluid...
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Compressibility
Compressibility In thermodynamics and fluid mechanics, compressibility is a measure of the relative volume change of a fluid or solid as a response to a pressure (or mean stress) change. where V is volume and p is pressure. The above statement is incomplete, because for any object or system the magnitude of the compres...
Compressibility Template:Otheruses4 Template:Material properties (thermodynamics) In thermodynamics and fluid mechanics, compressibility is a measure of the relative volume change of a fluid or solid as a response to a pressure (or mean stress) change. where V is volume and p is pressure. The above statement is incomp...
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Heat conduction
Heat conduction Heat conduction or thermal conduction is the spontaneous transfer of thermal energy through matter, from a region of higher temperature to a region of lower temperature, and hence acts to even out temperature differences. The thermal energy, in the form of continuous random motion of the particles of th...
Heat conduction Heat conduction or thermal conduction is the spontaneous transfer of thermal energy through matter, from a region of higher temperature to a region of lower temperature, and hence acts to even out temperature differences. The thermal energy, in the form of continuous random motion of the particles of t...
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Mobius syndrome
Mobius syndrome Mobius syndrome (also spelled Moebius) is an extremely rare neurological disorder. It is named for Paul Julius Möbius. # Clinical features Mobius syndrome is caused by abnormal development of the cranial nerves. This rare disorder has a number of causes. Most often affected are the cranial nerves VI an...
Mobius syndrome Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Mobius syndrome (also spelled Moebius) is an extremely rare neurological disorder. It is named for Paul Julius Möbius.[1][2] # Clinical features Mobius syndrome is caused by abnormal development of the cranial nerves. This rare disorder has a number o...
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Hyperinsulinism
Hyperinsulinism Hyperinsulinism or hyperinsulinemia refers to an above normal level of insulin in the blood of a person or animal. Normal insulin secretion and blood levels are closely related to the level of glucose in the blood, so that a given level of insulin can be normal for one blood glucose level but low or hig...
Hyperinsulinism For patient information click here Template:Search infobox Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Hyperinsulinism or hyperinsulinemia refers to an above normal level of insulin in the blood of a person or animal. Normal insulin secretion and blood levels are closely related to the level of ...
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Conjugate prior
Conjugate prior In Bayesian probability theory, a class of prior probability distributions p(θ) is said to be conjugate to a class of likelihood functions p(x|θ) if the resulting posterior distributions p(θ|x) are in the same family as p(θ). For example, the Gaussian family is conjugate to itself (or self-conjugate): i...
Conjugate prior In Bayesian probability theory, a class of prior probability distributions p(θ) is said to be conjugate to a class of likelihood functions p(x|θ) if the resulting posterior distributions p(θ|x) are in the same family as p(θ). For example, the Gaussian family is conjugate to itself (or self-conjugate): ...
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Pericardiectomy
Pericardiectomy Synonyms and keywords: Pericardial stripping; pericardial excision # Overview Pericardiectomy is the surgical removal of part or most of the pericardium. This operation is performed to relieve constrictive pericarditis or to remove a pericardium that is calcified and fibrous. Constrictive pericarditis...
Pericardiectomy Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Synonyms and keywords: Pericardial stripping; pericardial excision # Overview Pericardiectomy is the surgical removal of part or most of the pericardium. This operation is performed to relieve constrictive pericarditis or to remove a pericardium that...
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Pseudoephedrine
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Continuous wave
Continuous wave # Overview A continuous wave or continuous waveform (CW) is an electromagnetic wave of constant amplitude and frequency; and in mathematical analysis, of infinite duration. Continuous wave is also the name given to an early method of radio transmission, in which a carrier wave is switched on and off. I...
Continuous wave # Overview A continuous wave or continuous waveform (CW) is an electromagnetic wave of constant amplitude and frequency; and in mathematical analysis, of infinite duration. Continuous wave is also the name given to an early method of radio transmission, in which a carrier wave is switched on and off. I...
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Contrast medium
Contrast medium # Overview In a medical setting, a contrast medium is any substance that is used to enhance the visibility of structures or fluids within the body. An example of this is the use of a radiopaque substance during an x-ray exam to highlight features that would otherwise be less distinguishable from nearby...
Contrast medium Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] # Overview In a medical setting, a contrast medium is any substance that is used to enhance the visibility of structures or fluids within the body. An example of this is the use of a radiopaque substance during an x-ray exam to highlight features that...
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Controlled Drug
Controlled Drug The United Kingdom Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 aimed to control the possession and supply of numerous listed drugs and drug-like substances. The act allowed and regulated the use of some Controlled Drugs (designated CD) by various classes of persons (e.g. doctors) acting in their professional capacity. In...
Controlled Drug The United Kingdom Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 aimed to control the possession and supply of numerous listed drugs and drug-like substances. The act allowed and regulated the use of some Controlled Drugs (designated CD) by various classes of persons (e.g. doctors) acting in their professional capacity. I...
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Conus elasticus
Conus elasticus The conus elasticus (or elastic cone) is the lateral portion of the cricothyroid ligament. The lateral portions are thinner and lie close under the mucous membrane of the larynx; they extend from the superior border of the cricoid cartilage to the inferior margin of the vocal ligaments, with which they ...
Conus elasticus Template:Infobox Ligament The conus elasticus (or elastic cone) is the lateral portion of the cricothyroid ligament. The lateral portions are thinner and lie close under the mucous membrane of the larynx; they extend from the superior border of the cricoid cartilage to the inferior margin of the vocal ...
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Coprecipitation
Coprecipitation In chemistry, coprecipitation (CPT) or co-precipitation is the carrying down by a precipitate of substances normally soluble under the conditions employed. Analogously, in medicine, coprecipitation is specifically the precipitation of an unbound "antigen along with an antigen-antibody complex". Coprecip...
Coprecipitation In chemistry, coprecipitation (CPT) or co-precipitation is the carrying down by a precipitate of substances normally soluble under the conditions employed.[1] Analogously, in medicine, coprecipitation is specifically the precipitation of an unbound "antigen along with an antigen-antibody complex".[2] C...
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Copycat suicide
Copycat suicide # Overview A copycat suicide is defined as a duplication or copycat of another suicide that the person attempting suicide knows about either from local knowledge or due to accounts or depictions of the original suicide on television and in other media. Sometimes this is known as a Werther effect, follo...
Copycat suicide Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] # Overview A copycat suicide is defined as a duplication or copycat of another suicide that the person attempting suicide knows about either from local knowledge or due to accounts or depictions of the original suicide on television and in other media...
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Copyleft images
Copyleft images # National Library of Medicine - MedPix - Open-i # Wikimedia Commons - Wikimedia Commons # Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Image Libraries - Public Health Image Library (PHIL) - Organized, universal electronic gateway to CDC's pictures - DPDx by CDC's Division of Parasitic Diseases a...
Copyleft images Template:Seealso Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] # National Library of Medicine - MedPix - Open-i # Wikimedia Commons - Wikimedia Commons # Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Image Libraries - Public Health Image Library (PHIL) - Organized, universal electronic gatew...
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Cord blood bank
Cord blood bank A cord blood bank is a facility which stores umbilical cord blood for future use. Both private and public cord blood banks have developed since the mid to late 1990s in response to the success of cord blood transplants in treating diseases of the blood and immune systems, such as Fanconi's anemia and l...
Cord blood bank Template:WikiDoc Cardiology News Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [3] A cord blood bank is a facility which stores umbilical cord blood for future use. Both private and public cord blood banks have developed since the mid to late 1990s in response to the success of cord blood transplants...
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Mammillary body
Mammillary body # Overview The mammillary bodies are a pair of small round bodies, located on the undersurface of the brain, that form part of the limbic system. They are located at the ends of the anterior arches of the fornix, and are named mammillary for their resemblance to two breasts. They consist of two group...
Mammillary body Template:Infobox Brain # Overview The mammillary bodies are a pair of small round bodies, located on the undersurface of the brain, that form part of the limbic system. They are located at the ends of the anterior arches of the fornix, and are named mammillary for their resemblance to two breasts. T...
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Corrective lens
Corrective lens A corrective lens is a lens worn on or before the eye, used to treat myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism, and presbyopia. The most common types of corrective lenses are eyeglass lenses and contact lenses. Intraocular lenses are also beginning to become common. Myopia (near sightedness) requires biconcave or ...
Corrective lens A corrective lens is a lens worn on or before the eye, used to treat myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism, and presbyopia. The most common types of corrective lenses are eyeglass lenses and contact lenses. Intraocular lenses are also beginning to become common. Myopia (near sightedness) requires biconcave or...
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Corrupted Blood
Corrupted Blood Corrupted Blood was a virtual plague that infected characters in the computer game World of Warcraft, spreading rapidly from character to character. Its resemblance to real-life disease epidemics drew international attention in the news. # Information The epidemic began on September 13, 2005 when Blizz...
Corrupted Blood Template:AfDM Template:Otheruses4 Corrupted Blood was a virtual plague that infected characters in the computer game World of Warcraft, spreading rapidly from character to character. Its resemblance to real-life disease epidemics drew international attention in the news. # Information The epidemic beg...
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Neuroplasticity
Neuroplasticity # Overview Neuroplasticity (variously referred to as brain plasticity or cortical plasticity) refers to the changes that occur in the organization of the brain as a result of experience. A surprising consequence of neuroplasticity is that the brain activity associated with a given function can move to ...
Neuroplasticity # Overview Neuroplasticity (variously referred to as brain plasticity or cortical plasticity) refers to the changes that occur in the organization of the brain as a result of experience. A surprising consequence of neuroplasticity is that the brain activity associated with a given function can move to ...
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Corynebacterium
Corynebacterium # Overview Cornyebacterium is a gram positive, facultatively anaerobic, non motile, rod shaped actinobateria. Infection by diphtheroids tend to occur in elderly, neutropenic, or immunocompromised patients, and those who have indwelling prosthetic devices such as heart valves, neurologic shunts, or cath...
Corynebacterium Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] # Overview Cornyebacterium is a gram positive, facultatively anaerobic, non motile, rod shaped actinobateria. Infection by diphtheroids tend to occur in elderly, neutropenic, or immunocompromised patients, and those who have indwelling prosthetic devi...
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Plastic surgery
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Cosmic variance
Cosmic variance Cosmic variance is the statistical uncertainty inherent in observations of the universe at extreme distances. It is based on the idea that it is only possible to observe part of the universe at one particular time, so it is difficult to make statistical statements about cosmology on the scale of the en...
Cosmic variance Template:Cosmology Cosmic variance is the statistical uncertainty inherent in observations of the universe at extreme distances. It is based on the idea that it is only possible to observe part of the universe at one particular time, so it is difficult to make statistical statements about cosmology on...
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Cotard delusion
Cotard delusion # Overview The Cotard delusion or Cotard's syndrome, also known as nihilistic or negation delusion, is a rare neuropsychiatric disorder in which a person holds a delusional belief that he or she is dead, does not exist, is putrefying or has lost his/her blood or internal organs. Rarely, it can include...
Cotard delusion Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] ; Associate Editor-in-chief: Soumya Sachdeva # Overview The Cotard delusion or Cotard's syndrome, also known as nihilistic or negation delusion, is a rare neuropsychiatric disorder in which a person holds a delusional belief that he or she is dead, do...
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Cotard syndrome
Cotard syndrome The Cotard delusion, Cotard's syndrome, or Walking Corpse Syndrome is a rare mental disorder in which people hold a delusional belief that they are dead (either figuratively or literally), do not exist, are putrefying, or have lost their blood or internal organs. In rare instances, it can include delus...
Cotard syndrome Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] The Cotard delusion, Cotard's syndrome, or Walking Corpse Syndrome[1] is a rare mental disorder in which people hold a delusional belief that they are dead (either figuratively or literally), do not exist, are putrefying, or have lost their blood or in...
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Coxsackie virus
Coxsackie virus # Overview Coxsackie (virus) is a cytolytic virus of the picornaviridae family, an enterovirus (a group containing the polioviruses, coxsackieviruses, and echoviruses). There are 61 non-polio enteroviruses that can cause disease in humans, of which 23 are coxsackie A viruses (6 are Coxsackie B viruses)...
Coxsackie virus Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Usama Talib, BSc, MD [2] # Overview Coxsackie (virus) is a cytolytic virus of the picornaviridae family, an enterovirus (a group containing the polioviruses, coxsackieviruses, and echoviruses). There are 61 non-polio enter...
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Pediculus pubis
Pediculus pubis Synonyms and keywords: Crab; Phthirus pubis; Pthirus inguinalis # Overview The pubic or crab louse (Phthirus pubis) is a parasitic insect which spends its entire life on human hair and feeds exclusively on blood. Humans are the only known host of this parasite. Humans can also be infested with body lic...
Pediculus pubis Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Synonyms and keywords: Crab; Phthirus pubis; Pthirus inguinalis # Overview The pubic or crab louse (Phthirus pubis) is a parasitic insect which spends its entire life on human hair and feeds exclusively on blood. Humans are the only known host of this...
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Phosphocreatine
Phosphocreatine # Overview Phosphocreatine, also known as creatine phosphate (CP) or PCr (Pcr), is a phosphorylated creatine molecule that serves as a rapidly mobilizable reserve of high-energy phosphates in skeletal muscle and the brain. # Chemistry Phosphocreatine is formed from parts of three amino acids: arginine...
Phosphocreatine Template:Chembox new Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] # Overview Phosphocreatine, also known as creatine phosphate (CP) or PCr (Pcr), is a phosphorylated creatine molecule that serves as a rapidly mobilizable reserve of high-energy phosphates in skeletal muscle and the brain. # Chem...
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Criollo tobacco
Criollo tobacco Criollo is a type of tobacco, primarily used in the making of cigars. It was, by most accounts, one of the original Cuban tobaccos that emerged around the time of Columbus. The term means native seed, and thus a tobacco variety using the term, such as Dominican Criollo, may or may not have anything to d...
Criollo tobacco Criollo is a type of tobacco, primarily used in the making of cigars. It was, by most accounts, one of the original Cuban tobaccos that emerged around the time of Columbus. The term means native seed, and thus a tobacco variety using the term, such as Dominican Criollo, may or may not have anything to ...
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Cromolyn (oral)
Cromolyn (oral) # Disclaimer WikiDoc MAKES NO GUARANTEE OF VALIDITY. WikiDoc is not a professional health care provider, nor is it a suitable replacement for a licensed healthcare provider. WikiDoc is intended to be an educational tool, not a tool for any form of healthcare delivery. The educational content on WikiD...
Cromolyn (oral) Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Kiran Singh, M.D. [2] # Disclaimer WikiDoc MAKES NO GUARANTEE OF VALIDITY. WikiDoc is not a professional health care provider, nor is it a suitable replacement for a licensed healthcare provider. WikiDoc is intended to...
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Cross-dominance
Cross-dominance Cross-dominance, also known as mixed-handedness, is a motor skill manifestation where a person favors one hand for some tasks and the other hand for others, while not necessarily being ambidextrous (two-handed), such as someone that writes with a left hand and grabs with the right. It can also refer to ...
Cross-dominance Cross-dominance, also known as mixed-handedness, is a motor skill manifestation where a person favors one hand for some tasks and the other hand for others, while not necessarily being ambidextrous (two-handed), such as someone that writes with a left hand and grabs with the right. It can also refer to...
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Cross-fostering
Cross-fostering Cross-fostering is a technique used in selective breeding, genetic and nature versus nurture studies, and conservation, whereby offspring are removed from their biological parents at birth and raised by surrogates. This can also occasionally occur in nature. # In research Cross-Fostering can be used to...
Cross-fostering Cross-fostering is a technique used in selective breeding, genetic and nature versus nurture studies, and conservation, whereby offspring are removed from their biological parents at birth and raised by surrogates. This can also occasionally occur in nature. # In research Cross-Fostering can be used t...
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Cross-tolerance
Cross-tolerance Cross-tolerance refers to a pharmacological phenomenon, in which a patient being treated with a drug exhibits a physiological resistance to that medication as a result of tolerance to a pharmacologically similar drug. In other words, there is a decrease in response to one drug due to exposure to anothe...
Cross-tolerance Cross-tolerance refers to a pharmacological phenomenon, in which a patient being treated with a drug exhibits a physiological resistance to that medication as a result of tolerance to a pharmacologically similar drug. In other words, there is a decrease in response to one drug due to exposure to anoth...
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Cryoprecipitate
Cryoprecipitate # Overview Cryoprecipitate is a blood product prepared from plasma. Each 15 mL unit contains about 100 U of factor VIII, 250- mg of fibrinogen, von Willebrand factor, factor XIII, and fibronectin. - NOTE: - Standards state that there has to be a minimum of 150 mg of fibrinogen per bag of cryo, however ...
Cryoprecipitate Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] # Overview Cryoprecipitate is a blood product prepared from plasma. Each 15 mL unit contains about 100 U of factor VIII, 250* mg of fibrinogen, von Willebrand factor, factor XIII, and fibronectin. - NOTE: - Standards state that there has to be a minim...
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Cryptosporidium
Cryptosporidium # Overview Cryptosporidium is a protozoan that is often associated with diarrhea in humans. # General characteristics Cryptosporidium is a protozoan pathogen of the Phylum Apicomplexa and causes a diarrheal illness called cryptosporidiosis. Other apicomplexan pathogens include the malaria parasite Pl...
Cryptosporidium # Overview Cryptosporidium is a protozoan that is often associated with diarrhea in humans. # General characteristics Cryptosporidium is a protozoan pathogen of the Phylum Apicomplexa and causes a diarrheal illness called cryptosporidiosis. Other apicomplexan pathogens include the malaria parasite Pl...
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Cuneate nucleus
Cuneate nucleus # Overview One of the dorsal column nuclei, the cuneate nucleus is a wedge-shaped nucleus in the closed part of the medulla oblongata. It contains cells that give rise to the cuneate tubercle, visible on the posterior aspect of the medulla. It lies laterally to the gracile nucleus and medial to the spi...
Cuneate nucleus Template:Infobox Brain # Overview One of the dorsal column nuclei, the cuneate nucleus is a wedge-shaped nucleus in the closed part of the medulla oblongata. It contains cells that give rise to the cuneate tubercle, visible on the posterior aspect of the medulla. It lies laterally to the gracile nucle...
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Cure Autism Now
Cure Autism Now Cure Autism Now (CAN) describes itself as an organization of parents, clinicians and leading scientists committed to accelerating the pace of biomedical research in autism through raising money for research projects, education and outreach. Founded by Jonathan Shestack and Portia Iversen -- parents of a...
Cure Autism Now Template:Autism cure movement Cure Autism Now (CAN) describes itself as an organization of parents, clinicians and leading scientists committed to accelerating the pace of biomedical research in autism through raising money for research projects, education and outreach. Founded by Jonathan Shestack and...
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Curling's ulcer
Curling's ulcer Curling's ulcer is an acute peptic ulcer of the duodenum resulting as a complication from severe burns when reduced plasma volume leads to sloughing of the gastric mucosa. The condition was first described in 1823 and named for a doctor, Thomas Blizard Curling, who observed ten such patients in 1842. T...
Curling's ulcer Curling's ulcer is an acute peptic ulcer of the duodenum resulting as a complication from severe burns when reduced plasma volume leads to sloughing of the gastric mucosa. The condition was first described in 1823 and named for a doctor, Thomas Blizard Curling, who observed ten such patients in 1842.[...
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Cushing's triad
Cushing's triad Cushing's triad is the triad of hypertension, bradycardia and irregular respirations. It is sign of increased intracranial pressure. Other sources state that the triad is hypertention, bradycardia and widening pulse pressure (an increase in the difference between systolic and diastolic pressure over tim...
Cushing's triad Cushing's triad is the triad of hypertension, bradycardia and irregular respirations.[1] It is sign of increased intracranial pressure. Other sources state that the triad is hypertention, bradycardia and widening pulse pressure (an increase in the difference between systolic and diastolic pressure over...
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Mechanoreceptor
Mechanoreceptor # Overview= A mechanoreceptor is a sensory receptor that responds to mechanical pressure or distortion. There are four main types in the glabrous skin of humans: Pacinian corpuscles, Meissner's corpuscles, Merkel's discs, and Ruffini corpuscles. There are also mechanoreceptors in the hairy skin, and th...
Mechanoreceptor # Overview= A mechanoreceptor is a sensory receptor that responds to mechanical pressure or distortion. There are four main types in the glabrous skin of humans: Pacinian corpuscles, Meissner's corpuscles, Merkel's discs, and Ruffini corpuscles. There are also mechanoreceptors in the hairy skin, and th...
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Cutis marmorata
Cutis marmorata # Overview When a newborn infant is exposed to low environmental temperatures, an evanescent, lacy, reticulated red and/or blue cutaneous vascular pattern appears over most of the body surface. This vascular change represents an accentuated physiologic vasomotor response that disappears with increasing...
Cutis marmorata Template:Seealso Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] # Overview When a newborn infant is exposed to low environmental temperatures, an evanescent, lacy, reticulated red and/or blue cutaneous vascular pattern appears over most of the body surface. This vascular change represents an accen...
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Cytochrome b559
Cytochrome b559 # Overview Cytochrome b559 is an important component of Photosystem II. PSII is a multisubunit protein-pigment complex containing polypeptides both intrinsic and extrinsic to the photosynthetic membrane. Within the core of the complex, the chlorophyll and beta-carotene pigments are mainly bound to the ...
Cytochrome b559 Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] # Overview Cytochrome b559 is an important component of Photosystem II. PSII is a multisubunit protein-pigment complex containing polypeptides both intrinsic and extrinsic to the photosynthetic membrane[1][2]. Within the core of the complex, the chlor...
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Glucuronic acid
Glucuronic acid Glucuronic acid (from Greek γλυκερός - "sweet") is a carboxylic acid. Its structure is similar to that of glucose. However, glucuronic acid's sixth carbon is oxidized to a carboxylic acid. Its formula is C6H10O7. The salts of glucuronic acid are known as glucuronates; the anion C6H9O7− is the glucuronat...
Glucuronic acid Template:Chembox new Glucuronic acid (from Greek γλυκερός - "sweet") is a carboxylic acid. Its structure is similar to that of glucose. However, glucuronic acid's sixth carbon is oxidized to a carboxylic acid. Its formula is C6H10O7. The salts of glucuronic acid are known as glucuronates; the anion C6H...
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DART ion source
DART ion source A DART ion source (Direct analysis in real time) refers to an atmospheric-pressure ion source for mass spectrometry or ion mobility spectrometry that permits analysis of gases, liquids, solids, or materials on surfaces in open air at ground potential under ambient conditions. Samples such as pills, cl...
DART ion source A DART ion source (Direct analysis in real time) refers to an atmospheric-pressure ion source for mass spectrometry or ion mobility spectrometry that permits analysis of gases, liquids, solids, or materials on surfaces in open air at ground potential under ambient conditions.[1] Samples such as pills...
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DISC assessment
DISC assessment DISC is a group of psychometric tests based on the 1928 work of psychologist William Moulton Marston. # History DISC is the four quadrant behavioral model based on the work of William Moulton Marston Ph.D. (1893 - 1947) to examine the behavior of individuals in their environment or within a specific si...
DISC assessment DISC is a group of psychometric tests based on the 1928 work of psychologist William Moulton Marston. # History DISC is the four quadrant behavioral model based on the work of William Moulton Marston Ph.D. (1893 - 1947) to examine the behavior of individuals in their environment or within a specific s...
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DNA Methylation
DNA Methylation DNA methylation is a type of chemical modification of DNA that can be inherited and subsequently removed without changing the original DNA sequence. As such, it is part of the epigenetic code and is also the most well characterized epigenetic mechanism. DNA methylation involves the addition of a methyl ...
DNA Methylation DNA methylation is a type of chemical modification of DNA that can be inherited and subsequently removed without changing the original DNA sequence. As such, it is part of the epigenetic code and is also the most well characterized epigenetic mechanism.[citation needed] DNA methylation involves the add...
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DNA glycosylase
DNA glycosylase # Overview DNA glycosylases are a family of enzymes involved in base excision repair, classified under EC number EC 3.2.2. Base excision repair is the mechanism by which nucleotide residues in DNA with chemically altered nitrogen bases can be removed and replaced. DNA glycosylase generates an apurinic ...
DNA glycosylase # Overview DNA glycosylases are a family of enzymes involved in base excision repair, classified under EC number EC 3.2.2. Base excision repair is the mechanism by which nucleotide residues in DNA with chemically altered nitrogen bases can be removed and replaced. DNA glycosylase generates an apurinic ...
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Daigremontianin
Daigremontianin Daigremontianin is a bufadienolide. Bufadienolides are steroids and cardiac glycoside aglycones (meaning that they bind with carbohydrates to form cardiac glycosides) that are similar to cardenolides, differing only in the structure of the C-17 substituent on the D ring. This chemical has been found to ...
Daigremontianin Template:Chembox new Daigremontianin is a bufadienolide. Bufadienolides are steroids and cardiac glycoside aglycones (meaning that they bind with carbohydrates to form cardiac glycosides) that are similar to cardenolides, differing only in the structure of the C-17 substituent on the D ring. This chemi...
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Dangerous goods
Dangerous goods # Overview A dangerous good is any solid, liquid, or gas that can harm people, other living organisms, property, or the environment. An equivalent term, used almost exclusively in the United States, is hazardous material (hazmat). Dangerous goods may be radioactive, flammable, explosive, toxic, corrosi...
Dangerous goods Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] # Overview A dangerous good is any solid, liquid, or gas that can harm people, other living organisms, property, or the environment. An equivalent term, used almost exclusively in the United States, is hazardous material (hazmat). Dangerous goods may ...
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Daniel Kriegman
Daniel Kriegman Daniel Kriegman is an American psychoanalyst and writer. He is a founder of the Psychoanalytic Couple and Family Institute of New England, and a faculty member at the Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis. He was formerly Chief Psychologist and the Director of Supervision and Training at the Massac...
Daniel Kriegman Template:Tfd Daniel Kriegman is an American psychoanalyst and writer. He is a founder of the Psychoanalytic Couple and Family Institute of New England, and a faculty member at the Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis. He was formerly Chief Psychologist and the Director of Supervision and Training...
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Data collection
Data collection # Definition Data collection is a term used to describe a process of preparing and collecting data - for example as part of a process improvement or similar project. Data collection usually takes place early on in an improvement project, and is often formalised through a data collection Plan which oft...
Data collection # Definition Data collection is a term used to describe a process of preparing and collecting data - for example as part of a process improvement or similar project. Data collection usually takes place early on in an improvement project, and is often formalised through a data collection Plan [1] which ...
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Datura wrightii
Datura wrightii Datura wrightii or Sacred Datura is the name of a poisonous perennial weed and ornamental flower of southwestern North America. It is sometimes used as a hallucinogen. Datura wrightii is classified as a deliriant and an anticholinergic. It is a vigorous herbaceous perennial that grows 30 cm to 1.5 m ta...
Datura wrightii Datura wrightii or Sacred Datura is the name of a poisonous perennial weed and ornamental flower of southwestern North America. It is sometimes used as a hallucinogen. Datura wrightii is classified as a deliriant and an anticholinergic.[1] It is a vigorous herbaceous perennial[2] that grows 30 cm to 1...
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David M. Smolin
David M. Smolin David Mark Smolin (b. New York City) is a professor of law at Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham, Alabama. He is also the director for Cumberland School of Law's Center for Biotechnology, Law and Ethics and faculty advisor for Cumberland's Law, Science and Technology Society. Smolin is the autho...
David M. Smolin David Mark Smolin (b. New York City) is a professor of law at Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham, Alabama. He is also the director for Cumberland School of Law's Center for Biotechnology, Law and Ethics and faculty advisor for Cumberland's Law, Science and Technology Society. Smolin is the auth...
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