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Phosphorylated extracellular signal-regulated kinase, protein kinases involved in many cell functions.  

Pertaining to or used for the chest and respiratory tract. Having to do with the breast or chest. Acts on the lungs. Related to the chest. Agent for relieving disorders of the chest and lungs. Pertaining to the chest or breast. A therapeutic substance which has a good effect on respiratory disease. Relieving ailments of…

Acronym for prostate-derived ETS factor, an ETS (epithelial-specific E26 transforming sequence) family member that has been identified as a potential tumour suppressor.  

Phosphorylated cAMP (adenosine 3’5’ cyclic monophosphate)-response element binding protein.  

Polychromatic erythrocyte/normochromatic erythrocyte ratio use as a measure of cytotoxic effects.  

The act or process of giving birth to a child. The birth process. Beginning with the softening and dilation, or opening, of the cervix, the process includes the contractions of labor and ends with delivery of the baby. Women who have given birth are called post-parturients.  

Relating to an abnormal event of the body with an abrupt onset and an equally sudden return to normal.  

Inflammation of salivary glands. Alternate name for mumps, usually prefaced by the term epidemic or infectious. Inflammation of one or both parotid glands, as in mumps. Inflammation of the parotid gland caused by infection or by many autoimmune disorders. Epidemic parotitis is another name for mumps. Parotid gland inflammation commonly arises as a result of…

Is a route of administration via the veins that involves piercing the skin or mucous membrane. Not through the alimentary canal but rather by injection through some other route, as subcutaneous, intramuscular, intraorbital, intracapsular, intraspinal, intrasternal, intravenous, etc. Route of drug or nutrition administration other than by way of the intestines (i.e., oral or rectal).…

A condition characterized by partial loss of movement, or impaired movement. Muscle weakness; incomplete paralysis; term often used instead of general paralysis. Weakness of organic origin; incomplete paralysis. An organic mental disease resulting from the invasion of the brain and spinal cord by syphilis. Alternate term for a type of paralysis in which the muscles…