Summary Mechanical ventilation, applied either invasively through a tracheotomy tube or noninvasively via a mask, is increasingly used for long-term management of many forms of severe chronic respiratory failure in the home setting.
complete proteins: protein that contain all essential amino acid in sufficient quality to maintain balance and growth. Please contribute to this project, if you have more information about this term feel free to edit this page. This page was last modified on 6 July 2006, at 15:22.This page has been accessed 5,068 times.
Noun. 1. protein-any of a large group of nitrogenous organic compounds that are essential constituents of living cells; consist of polymers of amino acids; essential in the diet of animals for growth and for repair of tissues; can be obtained from meat and eggs and milk and legumes; a diet high in protein.mino acid, aminoalkanoic acid-organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group; proteins are composed of various proportions of about 20 common amino acids. recombinant protein-a protein derived from recombinant DNA.