| amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
Also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, ALS causes degeneration of the nerve cells in certain regions of the brain and spinal cord that control the muscles.
Ãâó: www.cnn.com/HEALTH/library/BN/00023.html
|
|---|---|
| amygdala |
(uh-MIG-duh-luh). A part of the brain that regulates emotions and triggers response to danger.
Ãâó: www.cnn.com/HEALTH/library/BN/00023.html
|
| amylase |
(AM-uh-lays). A digestive enzyme produced by the pancreas and salivary glands that breaks down starches, a type of carbohydrate.
Ãâó: www.cnn.com/HEALTH/library/DG/00022.html
|
| amylase |
Enzyme that breaks down starch.
Ãâó: www.pestmanagement.co.uk/lib/glossary/glossary_a.s...
|
| amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
(noun) a rare progressive degenerative fatal disease affecting the spinal cord, usually beginning in middle age, and characterized especially by increasing and spreading muscular weakness -- called also Lou Gehrig's disease. He was a well-known athlete whose life ended because of this disease
Ãâó: www.orgsites.com/fl/adjuvantdisease/_pgg9.php3
|