Gastrointestinal hormones Gastrointestinal hormones are classified as endocrines, paracrine, or neurocrine based on the method by which the molecule gets delivered to its target cell(s).

Bovine somatotropin Bovine somatotropin also known as bovine growth hormone or recombinant bovine somatotropin, is an animal drug approved by U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Door to balloon time Door-to-balloon time is a phrase that denotes the time between the arrival of a patient with ST segment elevation myocardial infarction

Exercise prescription Exercise prescription commonly refers to the specific plan of fitness-related activities that are designed for a specified purpose, which is often developed by

Duke Activity Status Index Duke Activity Status Index or DASI, is a self-administered questionnaire (simple 12-question self-assessment tool) that measures a patient's functional capacity ((Hlatky

Caustic ingestion A wide variety of chemical agents including mineral and organic acids and alkalis, oxidizing agents, denaturants, hydrocarbons and other chemicals may cause corrosive

Clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential Clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP) is defined as the presence of clonal hematopoiesis in the absence of cytopenias ((Steensma

Toxic plant proteins Plants have evolved to synthesize a broad spectrum of noxious compounds to cope with unfavorable circumstances, among which a large group of

Renal threshold for glucose Renal threshold for glucose excretion is defined as the plasma glucose concentration at which renal tubular reabsorption of glucose is exceeded; therefore,

Endomyocardial biopsy Endomyocardial biopsy is an invasive procedure used routinely to obtain small samples of heart muscle in order to diagnose various heart diseases in