Non-essential amino acids

Acids Amino acids that can be synthesized by the animal.... ↪ Read more

 

Non steroidal anti inflammatory drug Abrev NSAID

A drug such as aspirin that has anti inflammatory properties but that is not a corticosteroid.... ↪ Read more

 

Nodule

A circumscribed, solid, raised lesion that involves the deeper layesr of the skin.... ↪ Read more

 

Nociceptors

Peripheral receptors for pain which sense painful stimuli and transmit signals to the central nervous system where the sensation of pain is perceived.... ↪ Read more

 

Nociception

The detection of noxious stimuli by the nervous system.... ↪ Read more

 

NOAH

Network of Animal Health (on-line veterinary community through the AVMA)... ↪ Read more

 

NMDA receptor

Glutamate dependent N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)receptors. This type of receptor develops in the central nervous system in response to sustained pain and appears to be responsible for amplifying pain, and causing opioid tolerance.... ↪ Read more

 

Nikolsky sign

The epidermis may be rubbed off with slight trauma. Named after a Russian dermatologist.... ↪ Read more

 

Nigropallidal encephalomalacia

A specific brain lesion seen in horses with yellow star thistle poisoning. The clinical sign is an inability to swallow.... ↪ Read more

 

Nictitans

The third eyelid which is a fold of tissue covered by conjunctiva and containing a lacrimal gland on the inner (bulbar) surface.... ↪ Read more

 

Neutrophil

The most common type of white blood cell observed in the blood stream.... ↪ Read more

 

Neutralizing antibody

A type of antibody that specifically blocks virus receptor sites on the virus preventing attachment to target cells in the body.... ↪ Read more

 

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