Eat Right For Your Type | Blood Type Diet Terminology

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Glossary of Common Terms

Chronic disease
an illness lasting a long time. By definition of the U.S. Center for Health Statistics, a chronic disease is a disease lasting 3 months or more.

INDEX OF DEFINITIONS
ABO antibodies	ABO blood group system	AIDS
AI	ATP	Acetylation
Acid food	Acidic	Acute
Adjunct	Adrenal glands	Agglutinate
Alkaline	Allele	Alzheimer's disease
Amino acids	Anaerobic	Analog
Anemia	Anencephaly	Angina pectoris
Angiography (coronary)	Ankylosing spondylitis	Antagonist
Anti-streptolysin O	Antibodies	Anticoagulant
Anticonvulsant	Antigen	Antihistamine
Antioxidant	Antiresorptive agents	Asthma
Astrocytoma	Ataxia	Atherosclerosis
Atrophic gastritis	Atrophy	Autoimmune disease
Autosomal dominant	Autosomal recessive	Bacteria
Balance study	Barrett's esophagus	Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)
Bi-polar disorder	Bile acids	Bile
Biliary cirrhosis	Bioavailable	Biomarker
Biotechnology	Blinded study	Bone mineral density (BMD)
Buffer	CREST syndrome	Caffeine
Calcification	Calories	Cancer
Carbohydrate	Carcinogenic embryonic antigen (CEA)	Carcinogenic
Carcinoid syndrome	Cardiomyopathy	Cardiovascular diseases
Cardiovascular	Carnitine	Cartilage
Case control study	Case reports	Catalyze
Cataract	Catecholamines	Celiac disease
Cell membrane	Cell signaling	Cerebrospinal fluid
Cerebrovascular disease	Cholecystitis	Cholestatic liver disease
Cholesterol	Cholinergic	Chromosome
Cirrhosis	Clone	Coagulation
Cognitive	Cold agglutinins	Collagenous matrix (of bone)
Colon	Colorectal adenoma	Complement
Congestive heart failure (CHF)	Controlled experiment	Cornea
Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG)	Coronary artery	Coronary heart disease (CHD)
Corticosteroid	Cortisol	Creatine phosphate
Crohn's disease	Cross-sectional study	Cystic fibrosis (CF)
Cystitis	Cytochrome P-450	Cytokine
DEXA	DNA	DRI
De novo synthesis	Decarboxylation	Dementia
Dental caries	Depletion-repletion study	Dermatitis
Diabetes (diabetes mellitus)	Diabetic ketoacidosis	Diastolic blood pressure
Differentiation	Diffusion	Dimer
Diuretic	Double blind	Duodenal ulcer
Dysbiosis	E. coli: O157:H7	EAR
Echocardiography	Electroencephalogram (EEG)	Electrolytes
Electron transport chain	Electron	Element
Enamel	Endocrine system	Enzyme
Epidemiologic study	Esophagus	Etiology
Excretion	Factor VIII	Familial adenomatous polyposis
Fats	Fatty acid	Fortification
Fracture	Free radical	Fructose
GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe)	GTP	Gall bladder
Gallstones	Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)	Gastrointestinal
Gene	Genome	Gluconeogenesis
Glucose	Glycogen	Grains
HDL	HIV	Hartnup's disease
Heme	Hemodialysis	Hemoglobin
Hemolysis	Hemolytic anemia	Hemorrhage
Hepatitis	Hereditary spherocytosis	Heterodimer
Heterozygous	Homocysteine	Homodimer
Homologous	Homozygous	Hormone
Hydrogenation	Hydroxyapatite	Hydroxylation
Hyperparathyroidism	Hyperthyroidism	Hypoparathyroidism
Hypothyroidism	In vitro	In vivo
Indican	Indo-European	Insoluble Fiber
Insoluble	Insulin	Ion channel
Ion	Isohemagglutinins	Isomers
Jaundice	Ketone bodies	Kidney stones
LDL	Lactose intolerance	Lectin
Legumes	Lens	Leukemia
Lipids	Lipoic acid	Lipoproteins
Listeria	Lp(a) lipoprotein	Lumbar spine
Lupus	Lymphocyte	Macrocytic anemia
Macula	Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)	Malabsorption syndrome
Malaria	Malignant	Melanin
Meta-analysis	Metabolite	Methionine
Methylation	Migraine headache	Minerals
Mitochondria	Mucus	Multiple sclerosis (MS)
Mutation	Myelin	Myocardial infarction (MI)
Myocarditis	Myoglobin	NIH
Naturopathic doctor (ND)	Neolithic	Neural Tube Defect (NTD)
Neurologic	Neuropathy	Neurotransmitter
Neutrophils	Non-secretor	Nucleic acids
Nucleotides	Nucleus	Observational study
One-carbon unit	Onithene decarboxylase (ODC)	Optimum health
Organic	Osteoblasts	Osteoclasts
Osteomalacia	Osteoporosis	Oxidative stress
PET scan	Pancreas	Panhemagglutinin
Parathyroid glands	Parkinson's disease	Pathogen
Peptic ulcer disease	Peptide hormones	Peripheral vascular diseases
Pernicious anemia	Pharmacologic dose	Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Phospholipids	Phosphorylation	Physiologic dose
Phytochemical	Placebo	Placental abruption
Placenta	Plasma	Platelet
Pneumonia	Polyamines	Polymorphism
Polyp	Precursor	Preeclampsia
Prevalence	Prion	Prognosis
Proliferation	Prooxidant	Prospective study
Prostaglandin	Prostate	Psoriasis
Pyruvate kinase deficiency	Quartile	Quintile
RDA	RNA	Randomized design
Reactive nitrogen species (RNS)	Reactive oxygen species (ROS)	Receptor
Rectum	Redox reaction	Reduction
Resorption	Retina	Rheumatoid arthritis
Riboucelotide	Rickets	Salmonella
Scavenge (free radicals)	Scurvy	Secretor
Seizure	Serotonin	Serum
Short bowel syndrome	Sickle cell anemia	Sideroblastic anemia
Small intestine	Sorbitol	Spina bifida
Sprue	Status	Steroid hormone receptor
Steroid	Stress fracture	Stroke
Substrate	Supplement	Systolic blood pressure
Tetany	Thalassemia major	Threshold
Trans fats	Transcription	Transient ischemic attack (TIA)
Translation	Tremor	Triglycerides
Tuberculosis	Typhoid	UL
Ulcerative colitis	Ultrasonography	Vascular dementia
Vasoconstriction	Vasodilation	Vegetarian
Vertebral	Vesicle	Virulent
Virus	Vitamin	Water
Zoellinger Ellison syndrome	mm Hg	pH