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    Excretion is elimination of metabolic waste, which is an essential process in all organisms. In vertebrates, this is primarily carried out by the lungs...
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    There are several categories of diuretics. All diuretics increase the excretion of water from the body, through the kidneys. There exist several classes...
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  • Albuminuria is a pathological condition wherein the protein albumin is abnormally present in the urine. It is a type of proteinuria. Albumin is a major...
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  • The fractional excretion of sodium (FENa) is the percentage of the sodium filtered by the kidney which is excreted in the urine. It is measured in terms...
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    Czerny, and Szuszkiewicz in 1988. The opposite of an accretion disk is an excretion disk where instead of material accreting from a disk on to a central object...
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  • reflects the rate of drug elimination divided by plasma concentration. Excretion, on the other hand, is a measurement of the amount of a substance removed...
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    under the brand name Probalan, is a medication that increases uric acid excretion in the urine. It is primarily used in treating gout and hyperuricemia...
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    A sebaceous gland or oil gland is a microscopic exocrine gland in the skin that opens into a hair follicle to secrete an oily or waxy matter, called sebum...
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    of muscle, a mantle with a significant cavity used for breathing and excretion, the presence of a radula (except for bivalves), and the structure of...
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    increased production of uric acid, decreased excretion of uric acid, or both increased production and reduced excretion. Prehyperuricemia: Prehyperuricemia (pre-HU)...
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