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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) Epidermal cells which synthesize keratin and undergo characteristic changes as they move upward from the basal layers of the epidermis to the cornified (horny) layer of the skin. Successive stages of differentiation of the keratinocytes forming the epidermal layers are basal cell, spinous or prickle cell, and the granular cell.
2) An epidermal cell that produces keratin.
Industry:Health care
1) Epidermal dendritic pigment cells which control long-term morphological color changes by alteration in their number or in the amount of pigment they produce and store in the pigment containing organelles called melanosomes; melanophores are larger cells which do not exist in mammals.
2) A cell in the skin and eyes that produces and contains the pigment called melanin.
Industry:Health care
1) Errors in metabolic processes resulting from inborn genetic mutations that are inherited or acquired in utero.
2) Inherited diseases resulting from alterations in genes that code for enzymes.
Industry:Health care
1) Evolution is the process by which organisms change over time. Mutations produce genetic variation in populations, and the environment interacts with this variation to select those individuals best adapted to their surroundings. The best-adapted individuals leave behind more offspring than less well-adapted individuals. Given enough time, one species may evolve into many others.
2) A process of change in a certain direction <tumor evolution and progression -- I. J. Fidler et al>.
3) The historical development of a biological group (as a race or species): phylogeny.
4) A theory that the various types of animals and plants have their origin in other preexisting types and that the distinguishable differences are due to modifications in successive generations.
Industry:Health care
1) Excess in the blood of urea, creatinine and other nitrogenous end products of protein and amino acid metabolism; also, the constellation of signs and symptoms of chronic renal failure.
2) Accumulation in the blood of constituents normally eliminated in the urine that produces a severe toxic condition and usually occurs in severe kidney disease.
3) The toxic bodily condition associated with uremia <the patient was in uremia>.
Industry:Health care
1) Excessive accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid within the cranium which may be a congenital or acquired disorder; hydrocephalus ex-vacuo refers to ventricular dilation that occurs as a result of brain substance loss from cerebral infarction and other conditions.
2) An abnormal increase in the amount of cerebrospinal fluid within the cranial cavity that is accompanied by expansion of the cerebral ventricles, enlargement of the skull and especially the forehead, and atrophy of the brain.
3) The abnormal buildup of cerebrospinal fluid in the ventricles of the brain.
Industry:Health care
1) Excessive accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid within the cranium which may be a congenital or acquired disorder; hydrocephalus ex-vacuo refers to ventricular dilation that occurs as a result of brain substance loss from cerebral infarction and other conditions.
2) An abnormal increase in the amount of cerebrospinal fluid within the cranial cavity that is accompanied by expansion of the cerebral ventricles, enlargement of the skull and especially the forehead, and atrophy of the brain.
3) The abnormal buildup of cerebrospinal fluid in the ventricles of the brain.
Industry:Health care
1) Excessive amount of watery fluid accumulated in the intercellular spaces, most commonly present in subcutaneous tissue.
2) Swelling caused by excess fluid in body tissues.
Industry:Health care
1) Excessive amount of watery fluid accumulated in the intercellular spaces, most commonly present in subcutaneous tissue.
2) Swelling caused by excess fluid in body tissues.
Industry:Health care
1) Excessive amounts of fats in the feces, as in malabsorption syndromes.
2) A condition that is characterized by chronic fatty diarrhea, a result of abnormal digestion and/or intestinal absorption of fats.
Industry:Health care
