Category: S

Infections that are transmitted through sexual activity. An infection that is spread primarily through sexual contact. Common STDs include gonorrhea, syphilis, genital herpes. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), chlamydia, and genital wans. Those infectious diseases contracted through intimate sexual contact, including candidiasis, chancroid, gonorrhea, granuloma inguinale, herpes, lymphogranuloma venereum, syphilis, and acquired immune deficiency syndrome…

Increases sexual activity and potency, enhances sexual performance due to increased blood flow and efficient metabolism.  

A pathological condition resulting from a prior disease, injury, or attack. Symptoms of a disorder that remain as the aftereffect of the disorder, e.g., paralysis following poliomyelitis. The term applied to symptoms or effects which are liable to follow certain diseases. For example, bronchitis and other chest complaints may be sequelae of measles; heart disease…

A systemic disease associated with the presence and persistence of pathogenic microorganisms or their toxins in the blood. Blood poisoning. A condition in which bacteria or their toxins are present in the blood, multiply rapidly and destroy tissue. A serious condition caused by the presence of micro-organisms in the bloodstream. A very high temperature may…

A monoamine neurotransmitter synthesized in serotonergic neurons in the central nervous system. An inhibitory neurotransmitter that figures prominently in mood and emotion. A monoamine neurotransmitter that, when decreased or deficient in the central nervous system (CNS), may lead to depression and anxiety.  

Liberating, activated by, or involving serotonin in the transmission of nerve impulses. Referring to the neurotransmitter serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine [5-ht]).  

Peptide hydrolases which have an active centre histidine and serine involved in the catalytic process.  

An abnormal pathological condition resulting from a disease, injury or trauma. A disease or disorder that is caused by a disease or injury which the person had previously. Sequelae, abnormality following or resulting from a disease, injury, or treatment (e.g., paralysis following poliomyelitis). A condition resulting from a previous disease or disorder; plural is sequelae.…

Hearing impairment of the inner ear resulting from damage to the sensory hair cells or to the nerves that supply the inner ear.  

A trace mineral that is essential to good health but required only in tiny amounts; it is incorporated into proteins to make selenoproteins, which are important antioxidant enzymes. It is found in avocado, brazil nut, lentils, sunflower seeds, tomato, whole grain cereals, seaweed, seafood and meat. An element with the atomic symbol Se, atomic number…