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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) The thick, yellowish-white, viscid fluid secretion of male reproductive organs discharged upon ejaculation. In addition to reproductive organ secretions, it contains spermatozoa and their nutrient plasma.
2) The thick, whitish secretion of the male reproductive organs. It is composed of spermatozoa in their nutrient plasma, secretions from the prostate, seminal vesicles, and various other glands, epithelial cells, and minor constituents.
Industry:Health care
1) The thin layer of gray matter on the surface of the cerebral hemisphere that develops from the telencephalon and folds into gyri. It reaches its highest development in man and is responsible for intellectual faculties and higher mental functions.
2) The convoluted surface layer of gray matter of the cerebrum that functions chiefly in coordination of sensory and motor information -- called also pallium.
Industry:Health care
1) The third type of glial cell, along with astrocytes and oligodendrocytes (which together form the macroglia). Microglia vary in appearance depending on developmental stage, functional state, and anatomical location; subtype terms include ramified, perivascular, ameboid, resting, and activated. Microglia clearly are capable of phagocytosis and play an important role in a wide spectrum of neuropathologies. They have also been suggested to act in several other roles including in secretion (e.g., of cytokines and neural growth factors), in immunological processing (e.g., antigen presentation), and in central nervous system development and remodeling.
2) Neuroglia consisting of small cells with few processes that are scattered throughout the central nervous system, have a phagocytic function as part of the reticuloendothelial system, and are now usually considered to be of mesodermal origin.
Industry:Health care
1) The total gene complement, about 3 billion base pairs of DNA, contained in the human chromosomes.
2) The full collection of genes needed to produce a human being.
Industry:Health care
1) The total gene complement, about 3 billion base pairs of DNA, contained in the human chromosomes.
2) The full collection of genes needed to produce a human being.
Industry:Health care
1) The total of all chemical changes that take place in a cell or an organism. These changes produce energy and basic materials needed for important life processes.
2) Biochemical changes in the cells, digestive system, and body tissues by which energy is provided, new material is incorporated, and substances, such as drugs, are disposed.
Industry:Health care
1) The total of all chemical changes that take place in a cell or an organism. These changes produce energy and basic materials needed for important life processes.
2) Biochemical changes in the cells, digestive system, and body tissues by which energy is provided, new material is incorporated, and substances, such as drugs, are disposed.
Industry:Health care
1) The total process by which organisms produce offspring. (Stedman, 25th ed)
2) The production by an organism of new individuals that contain some portion of their genetic material inherited from that organism.
Industry:Health care
1) The total process by which organisms produce offspring. (Stedman, 25th ed)
2) The production by an organism of new individuals that contain some portion of their genetic material inherited from that organism.
Industry:Health care
1) The total relative probability, expressed on a logarithmic scale, that a linkage relationship exists among selected loci. Lod is an acronym for "logarithmic odds."
2) A measure of the likelihood of two loci being within a measurable distance of each other.
Industry:Health care
