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Is the breakdown of fat stored in fat cells in the body. The hydrolysis of fats to glycerol and fatty acids. The breakdown of triglycerides to glycerol and fatty acids. The process of breaking down fat by lipase. Process of breakdown of fat into fatty acids through enzyme agency, and hence an indicator of quality…

A medical condition characterized by abnormal or degenerative conditions of the body’s adipose tissue. Abnormal pattern of subcutaneous fat deposits. A disorder of lipid metabolism. The lipodystrophies are disorders characterized by loss of body fat and other abnormalities affecting multiple bodily systems. The fat loss may be generalized, affecting extensive areas of the body, or…

Having lipid and lipoprotein lowering property.  

Liquid preparation rubbed on skin, used to relieve muscular aches and pains. External medication applied by rubbing. A liquid containing therapeutic agents for topical application. It may be an alcohol, oil, or water preparation. An agent or substance applied to the skin by gentle friction or by brisk rubbing, meant to relieve superficial pain. Ointment…

A volatile, inflammable fraction of petroleum, obtained by distillation and used as a solvent.  

Sexual urge. The psychic drive or energy usually associated with the sexual instinct. (Sexual is used here in the broad sense to include pleasure and love-object seeking.) Conscious or unconscious sexual desire. The psychic energy of the id. Viewed by Freudian psychologists as sexual in nature. Sexual drive; in psychoanalytic theory, one of the major…

Is repressor enzyme that represses SOS response genes coding for DNA polymerases required for repairing DNA damage.  

A group of hormones that cause the inflammatory symptoms of hay-fever and asthma. A group of potent biologic mediators of inflammation consisting of 20 carboxylic acids with at least two oxygen substitutes and three double bonds; derived from arachidonic acid by the lipoxygenase pathway; mediator of inflammatory reactions. Chemicals released by certain cells (T cells)…

Any diseases involving the white matter of the spinal cord.  

Abnormal decrease in the number of leukocytes (white blood cells) in the blood.