See Also: alpha chain disease(medicine)
immunoglobulins, alpha-chain(medicine)
gene rearrangement, alpha-chain T-cell antigen receptor(medicine)
L-chain disease(medicine)
heavy chain disease(medicine)
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alpha-hydroxymethyl-alpha'-(N-acetylaminomethylene)succinic acid hydrolase(medicine)
5 beta-cholestane-3 alpha,7 alpha-diol 26-hydroxylase(medicine)
7 alpha-hydroxy-4-cholesten-3-one-12 alpha monooxygenase(medicine)
NAD 3 alpha-hydroxy-5 alpha-pregnan-20-one-oxidoreductase(medicine)

cardia (iou) and alpha chain disease (medicine)


cardia (iou)



cardia noun. L18.
[Greek kardia (also = heart).]
Anatomy. The upper opening of the stomach, where the oesophagus enters.

alpha chain disease (medicine)


alpha chain disease


A vague or indefinite term; could be used for alpha-heavy-chain disease (a lymphoplasma cell proliferative disease usually seen in Mediterranean men, characterised by intestinal involvement with steatorrhoea, often progressive with fatal outcome) or a thalassaemia (a genetic abnormality in the alpha globin chain of haemoglobin).