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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.
Absorptive cells in the lining of the intestinal mucosa. They are differentiated epithelial cells with apical microvilli facing the intestinal lumen. Enterocytes are more abundant in the small intestine than in the large intestine. Their microvilli greatly increase the luminal surface area of the cell by 14- to 40 fold.
Industry:Medical
A test result which indicates that an individual is unaffected and/or does not have a particular gene mutation when he or she is actually affected and/or does have a gene mutation; i.e., a negative test result in an affected individual.
Industry:Medical
To separate and eliminate or discharge (waste) from the blood or tissues or from the active protoplasm.
Industry:Medical
Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) are essentially Sequence Tagged Sites (EST) that are represented in mRNA. They are derived as 300-500 bp single-pass mRNA sequence reads from many of the genes expressed in a given tissue and/or at a given developmental stage. They represent a snapshot of gene expression in a given place or time.
Industry:Medical
1) The main type of cell found in the inside lining of blood vessels, lymph vessels, and the heart.
2) Highly specialized epithelial cells that line the heart; blood vessels; and lymph vessels, forming the endothelium. They are polygonal in shape and joined together by tight junctions. The tight junctions allow for variable permeability to specific macromolecules that are transported across the endothelial layer.
3) The main type of cell forming the lining of blood and lymph vessels and the inner layer of the endocardium. SYN endotheliocyte.
Industry:Medical
Una condizione infiammatoria della pelle caratterizzata da arrossamento, prurito e lesioni vescicolari che trasudano e diventano poi squamose, ricoperte di croste o induriscono.
Industry:Medical
Una comprensione obiettiva e profonda delle sensazioni e del comportamento di un'altra persona. Si dovrebbe distinguere dalla simpatia che di solito non è obiettiva e non è critica. Comprende la premura, che è la dimostrazione di una consapevolezza del bene degli altri e la preoccupazione per esso.
Industry:Medical
La situazione in cui colui che si suppone il padre di un particolare individuo non è suo padre biologico.
Industry:Medical
Congenital displacement of the lens resulting from defective zonule formation.
Industry:Medical
1) Difficult or labored breathing.
2) Labored or difficult breathing associated with a variety of disorders, indicating inadequate ventilation or low blood oxygen.
Industry:Medical
