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A drug that may kill cancer cells by blocking the production of a protein that makes cancer cells live longer. Also called bcl-2 antisense oligonucleotide.    

Is a neurobehavioral developmental disorder, primarily characterized by “the co-existence of attentional problems and hyperactivity. A complex disorder associated with a range of behavioral manifestations and with significant impairment in functioning. A person whose inattention and hyperactivity-impulsivity cause problems may have this disorder. Symptoms appear before age 7 years and are inconsistent with the person’s…

Is the most common cardiac arrhythmia (abnormal heart rhythm) and involves the two upper chambers (atria) of the heart. Irregular rapid movements of the atrial muscles without normal contraction to expel blood from the two small chambers of the heart into the ventricles. A rapid uncoordinated fluttering of the atria of the heart, which causes…

An involuted or closed ovarian follicle.  

Lacking normal tone or strength. Insufficient muscular tone. Referring to lack of muscle tone or tension.  

Medical condition characterized by an unpredictable, sudden disruption (rupture or erosion/fissure) of an atherosclerotic plaque, which leads to platelet activation and thrombus formation.  

A deposit or degenerative accumulation of lipid-containing plaques on the innermost layer of the wall of an artery. The fatty deposit composed of lipids, complex carbohydrates and fibrous tissue which forms on the inner wall of blood vessels in atherosclerosis. Fatty deposit, also called arterial plaque, which is laid down in the inner lining of…

The formation of fatty deposits (atheromas) in arteries, on the walls of the arteries, as in atherosclerosis. Formation of atheromata in the walls of arteries.  

Having the capacity to start or accelerate the process of atherogenesis. Referring to something which may produce atheroma.