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An amyloid that is derived from amyloid precursor protein and is the primary component of plaques characteristic of Alzheimer's disease--called also amyloid beta-protein, beta-amyloid protein.
Industry:Medical
1) Viruses whose hosts are bacterial cells.
2) A virus that infects and lyses certain bacteria.
Industry:Medical
Incapacità di coordinare i movimenti dei muscoli volontari che è sintomatica di qualche disturbo nervoso.
Industry:Medical
1) Specific procedures or audiometric tests used to measure hearing acuity and range in the diagnosis and evaluation of hearing impairments.
2) The testing and measurement of hearing acuity for variations in sound intensity and pitch and for tonal purity.
Industry:Medical
1) Partial or complete opacity on or in the lens or capsule of one or both eyes, impairing vision or causing blindness. The many kinds of cataract are classified by their morphology (size, shape, location) or etiology (cause and time of occurrence). (Dorland, 27th ed)
2) A clouding of the lens of the eye or its surrounding transparent membrane that obstructs the passage of light.
Industry:Medical
1) Of or relating to hearing.
2) Attained, experienced, or produced through or as if through hearing (auditory images, auditory hallucinations).
3) Marked by great susceptibility to impressions and reactions produced by acoustic stimuli (an auditory individual).
Industry:Medical
1) Disorder of cardiac rhythm characterized by rapid, irregular atrial impulses and ineffective atrial contractions.
2) Very rapid uncoordinated contractions of the atria of the heart resulting in a lack of synchronism between heartbeat and pulse beat -- called also auricular fibrillation.
Industry:Medical
A water-soluble, enzyme co-factor present in minute amounts in every living cell. It occurs mainly bound to proteins or polypeptides and is abundant in liver, kidney, pancreas, yeast, and milk.
Industry:Medical
The abnormal narrowness of the palpebral fissure in the horizontal direction caused by the lateral displacement of the medial canthi of the eyelids.
Industry:Medical
Nerve fibers that are capable of rapidly conducting impulses away from the neuron cell body.
Industry:Medical
