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    • Council on Chiropractic Education [r]: The agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education for accrediting programs and institutions which lead to the degree of 'Doctor of Chiropractic'. [e]
    • Critical care [r]: Health care provided to a critically ill patient during a medical emergency or crisis (National Library of Medicine). [e]
    • Daniel David Palmer [r]: Add brief definition or description
    • Digital object identifier [r]: Unique label for a computer readable object that can be found on the internet, usually used in academic journals. [e]
    • Domestication [r]: The process of habituating wild animals or plants to live in association with humans, thereby providing us with food, livestock and pets. [e]
    • Drug discovery [r]: Process by which pharmaceuticals are discovered and/or designed. [e]
    • Embolism and thrombosis [r]: Pathological conditions which are caused by the formation of a blood clot (thrombus) in a blood vessel, or by blocking of a blood vessel with an embolus, undissolved materials in the blood stream (National Library of Medicine). [e]
    • Emotion [r]: A psychophysiological process underlying the interpretation of situations or objects by a vertebrate. [e]
    • Ergonomics [r]: Study of the design and arrangement of equipment so that people will interact with the equipment in healthy, comfortable, and efficient manner. [e]
    • Erythrocyte [r]: Blood cells that carry hemoglobin [e]
    • Erythropoietin [r]: A protein hormone produced by the kidneys in response to hypoxia; it is essential for normal development and maturation of red blood cells (RBC). [e]
    • Esophagogastroduodenoscopy [r]: Endoscopic procedure to view the upper gastrointestinal tract including the esophagus, stomach and duodenum. [e]
    • Etiology [r]: Study of causation, or origination, usually applied in medicine to the causes of disease. [e]
    • Evolutionary medicine [r]: The study of diseases from the point of view of human evolutionary biology [e]
    • Evolutionary psychology controversy [r]: The various criticisms of evolutionary psychology, as well as counterarguments to these criticisms. [e]
    • Evolutionary psychology [r]: The comparative study of the nervous system and its relation to behaviour across species. [e]
    • Fermentation (biochemistry) [r]: The process of deriving energy from the oxidation of organic compounds, such as carbohydrates, using an endogenous electron acceptor, which is usually an organic compound. [e]
    • Folic acid [r]: Nutrient required for a normal pregnancy. [e]
    • George Croom Robertson [r]: (1842–1892) Scottish philosopher; editor of Mind. [e]
    • Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) [r]: Endangered species of bear native to south-western China, with distinctive black and white coat and diet of mainly bamboo. [e]
    • Glomerular filtration rate [r]: Volume of water filtered out of the plasma through glomerular capillary walls into Bowman's capsules per unit of time. [e]
    • Heart failure [r]: Defective cardiac filling and/or impaired contraction and emptying, resulting in the heart's inability to pump a sufficient amount of blood to meet the needs of the body tissues or to be able to do so only with an elevated filling pressure (National Library of Medicine). [e]
    • Heart rate [r]: The number of times the heart contracts per minute to pump blood around the body, usually expressed as beats per minute. [e]
    • Hemoglobin [r]: Iron-containing allosteric protein in erythrocytes of vertebrates, consisting of about 6 percent heme and 94 percent globin. [e]
    • Hereditary spherocytosis [r]: Chronic congenital disorder of the erythrocytopoietic system characterized by a preponderance of fragile spherical erythrocytes, and haemolytic anaemia. [e]
    • Homeopathy [r]: System of medicine or alternative medicine that asserts that substances known to cause specific syndromes of symptoms can also, in very low and specially prepared doses, help to cure people who are ill with a similar syndrome of symptoms. [e]
    • Homeostasis (biology) [r]: The coordinated physiological reactions which maintain most of the steady states in an organism. [e]
    • Human anatomy [r]: The study of shapes and structures of and within the human body. [e]
    • Human physiology [r]: Science of the mechanical, physical, and biochemical functions of humans in good health, their organs, and the cells of which they are composed. [e]
    • Immunoglobulin [r]: Proteins produced by lymphocytes, which are primarily antibodies to attack material the body considers hostile, although some may act as cytokines, signaling to other cells [e]
    • Immunology [r]: The study of all aspects of the immune system in all animals. [e]
    • Insulin-secreting cell [r]: Insulin-producing cells of the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas, also called B cell. [e]
    • Insulin [r]: Hormone that regulates blood glucose levels. [e]
    • Iron deficiency anemia [r]: Anaemia resulting from a deficiency of iron, characterized by hypochromic microcytic erythrocytes and a normoblastic reaction of the bone marrow. [e]
    • Iron [r]: An important transition metal and chemical element with the symbol Fe (Latin: ferrum) and atomic number 26. [e]
    • Lead [r]: Chemical element number 82, a corrosion-resistant, dense, ductile heavy metal known to cause neurological problems. [e]
    • Lupus [r]: Constellation of stars in the Southern Hemisphere near Centaurus and Scorpius, its name is Latin for 'wolf'. [e]
    • Medicine [r]: The study of health and disease of the human body. [e]
    • Metabolic equivalent [r]: Energy expended while resting, usually calculated as the energy used to burn 3 to 4 milliliters of oxygen per kilogram of body weight per minute. [e]
    • Methotrexate [r]: An inhibitor of tetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase, which prevents the formation of tetrahydrofolate, necessary for synthesis of thymidylate, an essential component of DNA. Wide range of applications, including the treatment of cancer; autoimmune diseases (where it is considered a disease-modifying antirheumatic drug) including asthma, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis. [e]
    • Myelodysplastic syndrome [r]: Haematological conditions united by ineffective production of blood cells and varying risks of transformation to acute myelogenous leukaemia. [e]
    • Natural stress relief meditation [r]: A relaxation technique, which is one of the various subtypes of mind-body interactions included in complementary and alternative medicine. It is a means of managing the effects of excessive stress. [e]
    • Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine [r]: Award conferred once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute, for physiology or medicine, since 1901. [e]
    • Nobel Prize [r]: A prestigious annual prize awarded according to the will of Swedish chemist and entrepreneur Alfred Nobel in the categories Peace, Literature, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Physics. [e]
    • Phage ecology [r]: Study of the interaction of bacteriophages with their environments. [e]
    • Pharmacology [r]: Study of the changes produced in living animals by chemical substances, especially the actions of therapeutics, substances used to treat disease. [e]
    • Psychology [r]: The study of systemic properties of the brain and their relation to behaviour. [e]
    • Red blood cells [r]: Type of disc-shaped blood cell that contain hemoglobin, and the body's principal means of delivering oxygen to the body's cells via the blood, and the removal of carbon dioxide wastes that result from metabolism. [e]
    • Reticuloendothelial system [r]: Part of the immune system, consisting of the phagocytic cells located in reticular connective tissue, and primarily monocytes and macrophages. [e]
    • Rheostasis (biology) [r]: The biochemical and physiological processes that serve the adaptive needs of an organism facing internal or external environmental challenges through graduated quantitative regulation. [e]
    • Scurvy [r]: Multisystem disease caused by a deficiency of vitamin C, and an affliction of early sailors without access to fresh produce; it causes anemia and blood vessel fragility, often first manifesting bleeding gums, but can progress to internal bleeding affecting many systems, as well as weakness from anemia. [e]
    • Sensory physiology [r]: Study of how sensory stimulus is transduced by sensory receptors and processed by the nervous system. [e]
    • Sleep [r]: Naturally recurring state of relatively suspended sensory and motor activity in animals, characterized by total or partial unconsciousness. [e]
    • Snake venom [r]: Highly modified toxic saliva containing hydrolithic enzymes, polypeptide complexs, nucleases, and peptidases, that is produced by special glands of certain species of snakes. [e]
    • Stem cell [r]: Describes cells that have the potential to differentiate to new cell types; usually encompasses totipotent, pluripotent and multipotent cells. [e]
    • Stephen C. Cunnane [r]: Canadian physiologist and biophysist published widely on mammalian brain development, and the processes of ageing. [e]
    • Stress (physiology) [r]: Pathological process resulting from the reaction of the body to external forces and conditions that tend to disturb the organism's homeostasis. [e]
    • Survival of the Fattest [r]: A book by Stephen C. Cunnane that outlines why fat babies are important to human brain evolution. [e]
    • Thalassemia [r]: A group of hereditary hemolytic anemias in which there is decreased synthesis of one or more hemoglobin polypeptide chains (National Library of Medicine). [e]
    • Theoretical biology [r]: The study of biological systems by theoretical means. [e]
    • Vesalius [r]: (1514 - 1564) Flemish physician who revolutionized the field of anatomy by laying the groundwork for a new, observation-based methodology, using dissections of human cadavers. [e]
    • William Harvey [r]: (1579–1657) English physician who discovered the true nature of blood circulation and the function of the heart as a pump. [e]
    • Zoology [r]: The scientific study of animals. [e]
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