| DIM | divalent ion metabolism; medium infective dose [Lat. dosis infectionis media] |
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| EMR | educable mentally retarded; electromagnetic radiation; electronic medical record; emergency mechanic... |
| IEM | immuno-electron microscopy; inborn error of metabolism |
| ME | macular edema; malic enzyme; manic episode; maximum effort; median eminence; medical education; medi... |
| metab | metabolic, metabolism |
| electrolyte metabolism | The chemical changes that various essential minerals (e.g., sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium) undergo in the tissues. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| energy metabolism | Those metabolic reactions whose role is to release or to provide energy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fat metabolism | Oxidation, decomposition, and synthesis of fats in the tissues. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fructose metabolism, inborn errors | Inherited abnormalities of fructose metabolism, which include three known autosomal recessive types: hepatic fructokinase deficiency (essential fructosuria), hereditary fructose intolerance, and hereditary fructose-1,6-diphosphatase deficiency. Essential fructosuria is a benign asymptomatic metabolic disorder caused by deficiency in fructokinase, leading to decreased conversion of fructose to fructose-1-phosphate and alimentary hyperfructosaemia, but with no clinical dysfunction; may produce a false-positive diabetes test. (12 Dec 1998) |