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A substance that kills algae.  

Surgery in which the round ligaments of the uterus are shortened and their ends sutured to the exterior abdominal ring; used in treating uterine displacement.  

The protein granules present in the outer layer of the endosperm of cereal grain.  

A deficiency of white blood cells in the circulating blood. A blood disorder characterized by a shortage or absence of white blood cells, which can sometimes manifest during the progression of leukemia.  

Cutaneous leishmaniasis, caused by infection with the parasite Leishmania tropica and marked by one or multiple ulcerations of the skin.  

A biphosphonate that stops osteoclasts from absorbing bone. It increases the density of bone and is used to treat and prevent osteoporosis and the fractures it causes. A non-endocrine medication employed in the management of osteoporosis specifically in postmenopausal females.  

Without a neurilemma, as in a nerve fiber.  

A derivative of chlorinated naphthalene used as an insecticide.  

A five-carbon sugar with the aldehyde group, CHO, at the end. Arabinose is an aldopentose.  

An enzyme present in skeletal and heart muscle and the liver; important in converting glycogen into lactic acid. Its serum level is increased in certain muscle diseases and in hepatitis. In the realm of muscular physiology, a remarkable catalyst takes center stage—a scarcely known enzymatic marvel that resides predominantly within our muscular fibers. Its profound…