Biology
galactorrhea
Term:galactorrhea
Literally meaning: ?milk flowing?
Origin: Anc Greek
????/gala(=milk)
>???/roe(=flowing
Coined/History
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Definition
Galactorrea is the spontaneous lactation, unassociated with normal milk production of breast ?feeding that needs investigation. Often galactorrhea is the result of elevated prolactin or medication?s side effects.
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Mutations Change The Sequence Of Dna
KEY TERMS:Spontaneous mutations occur in the absence of any added reagent to increase the mutation rate, as the result of errors in replication (or other events involved in the reproduction of DNA) or by environmental damage. The background level of...
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Tyrosine (tyr Y)
Term: tyrosineLiterally meaning: ?pertaining to cheese?Origin: Anc Greek????/tyri(=cheese) >?????/tyreo(=milk coagulation) Coined/History Tyrosine was discovered in 1846 by German chemist von Liebig from cheese casein....
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Oxytocyn
Term: oxytocynLiterally meaning: ?protein of quick birth?Origin: Anc Greek'ù????????/okytokine (= quick birth) > 'ù??? /ocys(=acute, quick) +?????/tocos (=birth)Coined/History The oxytocyn was discovered by British pharmacologist Sir...
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Biotechnology
Term: biotechnologyOrigin: Anc Greek???-/vio(bio-, combining form for ?life?) > ???/via(=rush)+?????-/techno(=techno-, combining form for ?art? ?craft? ?method? > ????? (verb)/ticto (=give birth, produce)+?????/logia(=logy, suffix...
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Vitamins: Water Soluble-1: Sources, Functions, Deficiency Etc
WATER SOLUBLE VITAMINSVITAMIN B1 & B2 Vitamins Vitamin B1 Vitamin B2 Other names Thiamine, antiberiberi vitamin, antineuritic vitamin or aneurin Riboflavin, Lactoflavin, vitamin G, Ovoflavin, or Yellow enzyme Discovered by C. Funk Warburg and...
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