CAL Medical Abbreviation

Calmodulin

 In vertebrates, a ubiquitous protein in vertebrates that, when bound to calcium, stimulates many enzymes and transporters.

Calretinin

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Calcitonin

Calcitonin is a 32-amino acid linear polypeptide hormone that is produced in humans primarily by the parafollicular cells (also known as C-cells) of the thyroid, and in many other animals in the ultimobranchial body. It acts to reduce blood calcium (Ca2+), opposing the effects of parathyroid hormone (PTH).

Calorie

It is equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of water one degree Celsius. It is a unit of energy. Symbol is for calorie is Cal or A calorie is the energy required to raise one gram of water one degree Celsius at one atmosphere. The onset of seconddegree burns may occur at 1.2 calories per centimeter squared per second.

Calcaneus

In humans, the calcaneus from the Latin calcaneus or calcaneum, meaning heel) or heel bone is a bone of the tarsus of the foot which constitutes the heel. In some other animals, it is the point of the hock.

Chronic Airflow Limitation

Calculated Average Life

conditional associative learning