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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.
1) A pathological process resulting from the reaction of the body to external forces and abnormal conditions that tend to disturb the organism's homeostasis.
2) Refers to the emotional, psychological, or physical effects as well as the sources of agitation, strain, tension, or pressure. Used for both human and animal populations.
3) The biological response to noxious, demanding, or unpleasant stimuli or conditions; do not confuse stress with stressor, which is the stimulus.
Industry:Health care
1) A person 13 to 18 years of age.
2) Physiologically immature or undeveloped <juvenile fish>.
3) Of, relating to, characteristic of, or affecting children or young people <juvenile arthritis>.
4) Reflecting psychological or intellectual immaturity <juvenile behavior>.
Industry:Health care
1) A photographic representation of the chromosomes of a single cell, cut and arranged in pairs based on their banding pattern and size according to a standard classification.
2) A karyotype is an individual's collection of chromosomes. The term also refers to a laboratory technique that produces an image of an individual's chromosomes. The karyotype is used to look for abnormal numbers or structures of chromosomes.
Industry:Health care
1) A physical map of a chromosome or a genome that shows the physical locations of genes and other DNA sequences of interest. Physical maps are used to help scientists identify and isolate genes by positional cloning.
2) A map of the locations of identifiable landmarks on DNA (e.g., restriction-enzyme cutting sites, genes), regardless of inheritance. Distance is measured in base pairs. For the human genome, the lowest-resolution physical map is the banding patterns on the 24 different chromosomes; the highest-resolution map is the complete nucleotide sequence of the chromosomes.
Industry:Health care
1) A poisonous alkaloid C10H14N2 that is the chief active principle of tobacco and that is used as an insecticide.
2) An addictive, poisonous chemical found in tobacco. It can also be made in the laboratory. When it enters the body, nicotine causes an increased heart rate and use of oxygen by the heart, and a sense of well-being and relaxation. It is also used as an insecticide.
Industry:Health care
1) A polygenic trait is one whose phenotype is influenced by more than one gene. Traits that display a continuous distribution, such as height or skin color, are polygenic. The inheritance of polygenic traits does not show the phenotypic ratios characteristic of Mendelian inheritance, though each of the genes contributing to the trait is inherited as described by Gregor Mendel. Many polygenic traits are also influenced by the environment and are called multifactorial.
2) Genetic disorder resulting from the combined action of alleles of more than one gene (e.g., heart disease, diabetes, and some cancers). Although such disorders are inherited, they depend on the simultaneous presence of several alleles; thus the hereditary patterns usually are more complex than those of single-gene disorders.
Industry:Health care
1) A polygenic trait is one whose phenotype is influenced by more than one gene. Traits that display a continuous distribution, such as height or skin color, are polygenic. The inheritance of polygenic traits does not show the phenotypic ratios characteristic of Mendelian inheritance, though each of the genes contributing to the trait is inherited as described by Gregor Mendel. Many polygenic traits are also influenced by the environment and are called multifactorial.
2) Genetic disorder resulting from the combined action of alleles of more than one gene (e.g., heart disease, diabetes, and some cancers). Although such disorders are inherited, they depend on the simultaneous presence of several alleles; thus the hereditary patterns usually are more complex than those of single-gene disorders.
Industry:Health care
1) A prediction of the probable outcome of a disease based on a individual's condition and the usual course of the disease as seen in similar situations.
2) The probable outcome or course of a disease; the chance of recovery.
3) The act or art of foretelling the course of a disease.
4) The prospect of survival and recovery from a disease as anticipated from the usual course of that disease or indicated by special features of the case <the prognosis is poor because of the accompanying cardiovascular disease -- P. A. Mead et al>.
Industry:Health care
1) A prediction of the probable outcome of a disease based on a individual's condition and the usual course of the disease as seen in similar situations.
2) The probable outcome or course of a disease; the chance of recovery.
3) The act or art of foretelling the course of a disease.
4) The prospect of survival and recovery from a disease as anticipated from the usual course of that disease or indicated by special features of the case <the prognosis is poor because of the accompanying cardiovascular disease -- P. A. Mead et al>.
Industry:Health care
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.
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