Metabolism - Law Dictionary Search Results
Metabolite
A product of metabolism a substance produced by metabolic action as urea
Katabolism
Destructive or downward metabolism regressive metamorphism same as catabolism now the more common spelling opposed to anabolism See Disassimilation
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
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hemosiderin
content than ferritin and its presence in body tissues or phagocytes can be a symptom of disturbed iron metabolism
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
cortisol
a steroid hormone C21H30O5 active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism called also hydrocortisone It is used in medicine as an antiinflammatory agent
Bacterium
multiply with marvelous rapidity both by fission and by spores Bacteria may require oxygen for their energy producing metabolism and these are called aerobes or may multiply in the absence of oxygen these forms being anaerobes Certain
Mesostate
A product of metabolic action
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
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