| human immunodeficiency virus |
which causes AIDS, inhibits one's ability to fight off illness and infections. Symptoms vary greatly. People with HIV or AIDS are often stigmatized.
Ãâó: www.asu.edu/lib/ada/geninfo/definitions/
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| human insulin |
is a synthetic product that can eliminate the allergic reactions that occur with the use of animal insulins in some people with Type 1 diabetes
Ãâó: www.solopro.com/Diabetes_dictionary.html
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| human immunodeficiency virus |
A virus that steadily weakens the body's defense (immune) system until it can no longer fight off infections such as pneumonia, diarrhea, tumors and other illnesses. All of which can be part of AIDS (Acquired ImmunoDeficiency Syndrome). Unable to fight back, most people die within three years of the first signs of AIDS appearing. Most of all HIV infections have been transmitted through unprotected sexual intercourse with someone who is already infected with HIV. ...
Ãâó: youthink.worldbank.org/glossary.php
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| human papillomavirus |
common name for a group of related viruses that may result in the presence of small warts on the woman's cervix, vagina or vulva; more than 70 different known forms of this virus exist; presence of HPV may cause no symptoms
Ãâó: www.tripathimaging.com/wh_glossary.htm
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| human growth hormone |
A hormone secreted by the pituitary gland that, in children, causes physical growth. In adults as well as children, hGH is essential to maintain healthy body composition and metabolism (in other words, to improve one's ratio of fat to lean body mass). Also known simply as growth hormone or somatotropin.
Ãâó: www.nutropin.com/patient/u_8_glossary.jsp
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