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Disease of the bone marrow in which excess cells are produced. A group of related and highly similar diseases that involve abnormally high production of certain kinds of blood cells because of malfunction of the bone marrow. The myeloproliferative diseases differ from one another in the primary type of blood cell affected. Normal bone marrow…

Is a peroxidase enzyme most abundantly present in neutrophil granulocytes (a subtype of white blood cells). It is an inflammatory enzyme produced by activated leukocytes that predicts risk of coronary heart disease. An enzyme found principally in neutrophils and monocytes that generates hypochlorous acid from hydrogen peroxide and chloride ions. The enzyme is released into…

Cancer that arise in the plasma cells a type of white blood cells. A tumor cell line derived from a lymphocyte. It usually produces a single type of immunoglobulin. A malignant tumour in bone marrow, at the ends of long bones or in the jaw. Bone-destroying malignant neoplasm of bone marrow tissue that occurs most…

A type of cancer that affects the blood and bone marrow, characterized by excessive number of white blood cells. An acute form of leukaemia in adults. Referred to as chronic granulocytic leukemia, this form of leukemia arises from an excess production of granulocytes, a specific type of white blood cell, particularly neutrophils. The exact cause…

Is a young cell of the granulocytic series, occurring normally in bone marrow, but not in circulating blood. A cell in bone marrow which develops into a granulocyte. Immature granulocytic leukocyte (eosinophil, basophil, or neutrophil) normally found in bone marrow and present in the circulating blood in certain diseases especially myelocytic leukemia. An immature cell…

Capable of inducing mutation (used mainly for extracellular factors such as X-rays or chemical pollution). Substance that has the property of being able to induce genetic mutation. A substance that induces genetic mutations. Capable of promoting genetic alterations in cells, mutagenic effect. Inducing or causing genetic mutations or changes.  

An agent that induces genetic mutation by causing changes in the DNA. A chemical substance capable of producing a genetic mutation (change), by causing changes in the DNA of living organisms. For example. Dr. Gary Shaw discovered in 1996 that women who smoke cigarettes during their pregnancies are twice as likely to have babies with…

G protein-coupled acetylcholine receptors found in the plasma membranes of certain neurons and other cells. A subtype of cholinergic receptor specifically responsive to muscarine. A primary class of cholinergic receptors that are named according to their affinity for the muscarine toxin. Certain cholinergic agonists and antagonists also have a relatively selective affinity for muscarinic receptors.…

Capable of reducing the viscosity of mucus, or an agent that so acts. A substance that dissolves mucus, e.g. in the bronchia. An agent that breaks up mucus. A drug that decreases the viscosity and increases the fluidity of mucous secretions in the respiratory tract, thus making it easier for the patient to cough up…