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Pre-natal diagnostic test
of amniotic fluid, chorionic villi, blood or any tissue of a pregnant woman conducted to detect genetic or metabolic disorders or chromosomal abnormalities or congenital anomalies or haemoglobinopathies or sex-linked disease. [Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Technique (Prohibition
cortisol
a steroid hormone C21H30O5 active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism called also hydrocortisone It is used in medicine as an antiinflammatory agent
Disassimilation
ones suitable only for excretion with evolution of energy a normal nutritional process the reverse of assimilation downward metabolism now more commonly called catabolism
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hemosiderin
content than ferritin and its presence in body tissues or phagocytes can be a symptom of disturbed iron metabolism
hyperthyroidism
thyroid gland characterized by the pathologically excessive production of thyroid hormones also the resulting condition characterized by increased metabolism weight loss rapid heart rate high blood pressure an enlarged thyroid gland and sometimes exophthalmos It leads to
Katabolism
Destructive or downward metabolism regressive metamorphism same as catabolism now the more common spelling opposed to anabolism See Disassimilation
lipidosis
A disorder of lipid metabolism whether congenital or acquired
Photosynthesis
The process of constructive metabolism by which carbohydrates are formed from water vapor and the carbon dioxide of the air in the chlorophyll
proenzyme
Any one of a class of proteins that are converted in the normal course of cellular metabolism into one or more active enzymes also called zymogen The conversion usually is due to a specific cleavage
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