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Functional death
Central nervous system death with vital functions being artificially supported.
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Fetal death
Spontaneous demise of the fetus occurring after the 20th week of gestation. The cause is often unknown; however, fetal death often is associated with maternal infection, diabetes mellitus, fetal and placental abnormalities, and pre-eclampsia.
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Activation-induced cell death
Destruction of T or B lymphocytes that would otherwise be activated by contact with “self-antigens. AICD maintains immunologic tolerance; it is enhanced by interleukin-2 (IL-2) and inhibited by interleukin-15 (IL-15). Help that enables an individual who wants to die to do so. This may take the form of counseling or actually providing the means and…
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Dearterialization
Changing of arterial into venous blood; deoxygenation.
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Deaminization
Loss of the NH2 radical from amino compounds. Alanine can be deaminized to produce ammonia and pyruvic acid: CH3CH(NH2)COOH + 0 = CH3CO COOH + NH³. Deaminization may be simple, oxidative, or hydrolytic. Oxidizing enzymes are called deaminization enzymes when the oxidation is accompanied by splitting off of amino groups. Deaminization is the first step…
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Deamidation
The removal of an amide group by hydrolysis.
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Deamidase
An enzyme that splits amides to form carboxylic acid and ammonia.
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Tone deafness
The inability to detect differences in musical sounds.
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Psychic deafness
A condition in which auditory sensations are perceived but not comprehended.
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Prelingual deafness
Hearing impairment that is present in infancy and childhood, before language skills are acquired.
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