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  • 101connective tissue — Anat. a tissue, usually of mesoblastic origin, that connects, supports, or surrounds other tissues, organs, etc. [1880 85] * * * Tissue in the body that maintains the form of the body and its organs and provides cohesion and internal support,… …

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  • 102Fat — The word fat has more meanings that it has letters. It is among other things: {{}}A nutrient: With proteins and carbohydrates, fat, also known as lipid, is one of the three types of nutrients used as energy sources by the body. The energy… …

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  • 103Inflammation — Toes inflamed by Chilblains Inflammation (Latin, īnflammō, “I ignite, set alight”) is part of the complex biological response of vascular tissues to harmful stimuli, such as pathogens, damaged cells, or irritants …

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  • 104Abdominal obesity — Central obesity Classification and external resources A morbidly obese male. Weight 146 kg/322 lbs, height 177 cm/5 ft 10 in. The body mass index is 46. ICD 10 E66 …

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  • 105Cytori Therapeutics — Cytori Therapeutics, Inc. is a San Diego based regenerative medicine company that develops and manufactures medical devices that enable the therapeutic use of the adult stem and regenerative cells naturally found within adipose (fat) tissue.… …

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  • 106Resistin — is a hormone secreted by adipose tissue. It is also known as serine/cysteine rich adipocyte Specific Secretory Factor (ADSF or FIZZ3). The length of the resistin pre peptide in human is 108 aminoacids (in the mouse and rat it s 114 aa); the… …

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  • 107George Chaldakov — George Chaldakov, MD, PhD George Nikov Chaldakov (Bulgarian: Георги Ников Чалдъков) born February 23, 1940, in Burgas, Bulgaria, is a Bulgarian vascular biologist well known for his contributions in the study of secretory function of vascular… …

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  • 108Acrochordonichthys — Taxobox name = Acrochordonichthys regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Siluriformes familia = Akysidae subfamilia = Parakysinae genus = Acrochordonichthys genus authority = Bleeker, 1857 type species = Pimelodus… …

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  • 109PNPLA2 — Patatin like phospholipase domain containing 2, also known as PNPLA2, is a human gene.cite web | title = Entrez Gene: PNPLA2 patatin like phospholipase domain containing 2| url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene Cmd=ShowDetailView …

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  • 110Selfish Brain Theory — The “Selfish Brain” theory describes the characteristic of the human brain to cover its own, comparably high energy requirements with the utmost of priorities when regulating energy fluxes in the organism. The brain behaves selfishly in this… …

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