See Also: Chemical synapse(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Synapse(health)
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synapse(2)(dictionary)
axoaxonic synapse(medicine)
axosomatic synapse(medicine)

potato nose (medicine) and Chemical synapse (medicine)


potato nose (medicine)


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rhinophyma


A manifestation of severe acne rosacea resulting in significant enlargement of the nose and occurring primarily in men. It is caused by hypertrophy of the sebaceous glands and surrounding connective tissue. The nose is reddened and marked with numerous telangiectasias.


Chemical synapse (medicine)


chemical synapse
<physiology> A nerve nerve or nerve muscle junction where the signal is transmitted by release from one membrane of a chemical transmitter that binds to a receptor in the second membrane. Importantly, signals only pass in one direction.