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  • Gastralgia (heart burn)

    Pain in the stomach or abdominal region. It is caused by excess of acid, or an accumulation of gas, in the stomach.  

  • Gamma GT (GGT)

    Gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase, aliver enzyme.  

  • Gallic acid equivalent (GAE)

    Measures the total phenol content in terms of the standard Gallic acid by the Folin-Ciocalteau assay.  

  • Gall bladder

    A small, pear-shaped muscular sac, located under the right lobe of the liver, in which bile secreted by the liver is stored until needed by the body for digestion. Also called cholecyst, cholecystis. A sac situated underneath the liver, in which bile produced by the liver is stored. A pear-shaped sac (7-10 cm long), lying…

  • Galactopoietic

    Increasing the flow of milk; milk-producing.    

  • Galactophoritis

    Inflammation of the milk ducts.  

  • Galactogogue

    A substance that promotes the flow of milk. A substance used to increase milk production. An agent that induces or increases the secretion of milk. A substance that stimulates milk secretion. An agent that stimulates the secretion of milk or increases milk flow.  

  • GADD 152

    A pro-apoptotic gene.  

  • GABA

    Gamma aminobutyric acid, required as an inhibitory neurotransmitter to block the transmission of an impulse from one cell to another in the central nervous system, which prevents over-firing of the nerve cells. It is used to treat both epilepsy and hypertension. The main calming (inhibitory) neurotransmitter in the CNS and it inhibits (or blocks) neuronal…

  • Furunculosis

    Furunculosis

    Skin condition characterized by persistent, recurring boils. The persistent sequential occurrence of furuncles over a period of weeks or months or the simultaneous occurrence of a number of furuncles. Boil caused by a coccus bacterium. A condition in which several boils appear at the same time. Acute skin disease marked by presence of many furuncles.…

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