Short for the medical term dextrorotatory, turning or circling clockwise to the right. Dextrorotatory opposes levorotary which was reduced to l-. From Latin dexter, right side.

A tiny white blood cell also known as leukocytes, which plays an important role in defending the health of the body. Lymphocytes are responsible for the immune response. B Cells and T Cells make up the two different types of lymphocytes and these two cells are the antibodies that seek out bacteria and toxins when …

Plural, or sometimes the same meaning as motor neuron.

What is Emotional Eating Disorder? Emotional Eating Disorder is a disorder in which an individual makes food eating choices based on a certain feeling like anger, happiness, sadness, etc. Emotional eating habits become a disorder once the individual makes a lifestyle out of their emotional eating decisions and have a very difficult time making better …

It is a renewable form of liver inflammation that kills liver cells. Causes include viral infections (hepatitis D, hepatitis B, hepatitis C), autoimmune diseases, ingestion of drugs or metabolic disorders. Chronic active hepatitis cause liver failure and death in a small percentage of these patients.

A type of white blood cell and, specifically, a type of lymphocyte. Many B cells mature into what are called plasma cells that produce antibodies (proteins) necessary to fight off infections while other B cells mature into memory B cells. All of the plasma cells descended from a single B cell produce the same antibody …

G stands for guanine, one member of the base pair G-C (guanine-cytosine) in the DNA. The other base pair in the DNA is A-T (adenine-thymine). Each base pair forms a “rung of the DNA ladder.” A DNA nucleotide is made of a molecule of sugar, a molecule of phosphoric acid, and a molecule called a …

A very rare condition that is usually characterized by small testes along with seminiferous hyalinization in changing the degree of masculinization, azoospermia, and infertility, and urinary excretion of gonadotropins. Patients are usually tall, with long legs, and about half of gybecomastia. The syndrome is commonly associated with XXY chromosome complement, but the other variables can …

A nucleotide base and one member of the A-U (adenine-uracil) base pair in RNA. The other base pair in RNA is G-C (guanine-cytosine). Uracil takes the place in RNA that thymine (T) occupies in DNA.

Medicinal tubular shaped forms which are designed to deliver medicine through the rectal, vaginal or urethra areas of the body. These areas absorb medicine as ingesting it might. Suppositories are commonly designed with fatty oils that dissolve quickly, yet hold active ingredients until ready for application. Suppositories can be used for individuals who cannot or …