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pathognomonic


Characteristic or indicative of a disease, denoting especially one or more typical symptoms, pathological lesions.
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Rigor mortis


Postmortem state 6–24 hours after death in which muscles stiffen and become less extensible; onset of rigor mortis correlates with depletion of ATP in the slaughtered animal.
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Acceptable daily intake


An estimate of the amount of a substance in food or drinking water that can be consumed over a lifetime without presenting an appreciable risk to health. It is usually expressed as milligrams of the s [..]
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adjuvant


Agents that increase the stimulation of the immune system by enhancing antigen presentation (depot formulation, delivery systems) and/or by providing costimulation signals (immunomodulators).
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AEROBIC


Requiring oxygen.
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Affinity


Antibody affinity refers to the tendency of an antibody to bind to a specific epitope at the surface of an antigen, ie, to the strength of the interaction.
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Agonist


Substance which changes the properties of cells via receptors at the cell membranes.
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Albumen


The egg-white of a bird’s egg (Latin:albus = white).
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amino acids


The "building blocks" from which protein are constructed.
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Amnion


The sac that envelops the embryo from about 3 days of incubation (Greek: amnos = a lamb).
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