Glossary
BioScience.com.pk try the best to avoid the use of medical terms that could make it more difficult to understand the information on this website. Still, there are a number of terms that can't be avoided and that are useful to know because they are so often used by the doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals with whom you might speak. The list below includes the terms used on BioScience.com.pk for which we have provided definitions.
Term | Definition |
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Narcolepsy | A chronic condition characterized by sudden uncontrolled sleep spells during the day |
Nasopharynx | The area at the back of the nasal passages and above and behind the soft palate |
Neonate | Newborn in its first month of life |
Neoplasm | |
Nephrotic Syndrome | Damage to the glomeruli capillaries in the kidneys' filtering units, the nephrons; it leads to the loss of albumin and other proteins into the urine. |
Neuroendocrine | 1. Pertaining to the interaction between the nervous system and glands that produce hormones |
Neurofibrillary tangles | A collection of twisted protein filaments found within nerve cells in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease |
Neurologic | Pertaining to nerves and the nervous system, including the brain and spinal cord |
Neutropenia | Decreased number of neutrophils, a type of white blood cell |
Neutrophil | Also known as: Granulocyte
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Next Generation Sequencing | Also known as: Next-gen sequencing; NGS |
Next-gen sequencing | Also known as: Next-gen sequencing; NGS |
NGS | Also known as: Next-gen sequencing |
Non-palpable | Not perceivable by touch |
Normal flora | Microorganisms that live harmlessly on or in the body and do not cause disease unless the normal protective barriers (skin, mucosa) are compromised |