See Also: Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
apolipoprotein(medicine)
apolipoprotein C-III(medicine)
apolipoprotein C-II(medicine)
apolipoprotein C-I(medicine)
apolipoprotein E(medicine)
apolipoprotein B-48(medicine)
apolipoprotein B-100(medicine)
apolipoprotein A-IV(medicine)
apolipoprotein A-II(medicine)

lip bumper (medicine) and apolipoprotein A-II (medicine)


lip bumper (medicine)


lip bumper
<dentistry> A lip bumper is used to push the molars on your lower jaw back to create more space for Other teeth. The lip bumper consists of an arch wire which is attached to a moulded piece of plastic. You mount the arch wire in the buccal tubes on your lower jaw, and plastic piece rests against your lips. When you eat or talk, you push the plastic piece back which pushes on your molars. That pushes your molars back.


apolipoprotein A-II (medicine)


apolipoprotein A-II
<biochemistry> A component of high density lipoproteins. It is instrumental in promoting efflux of cholesterol from extrahepatic tissue to the liver where it is metabolised and excreted from the body. This protein modulates the activation of lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase in the presence of apolipoprotein A-I.