Drug therapy is warranted for many dogs with liver disease. Glucocorticoids (âsteroidsâ) have been used to prolong survival times in dogs with liver disease due to their anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive properties, although their use and appropriate dosage protocols are somewhat controversial.
chiasma. pl. chiasmata [L., Gr.] chiasm; in genetics, the points at which members of a chromosome pair are in contact during the prophase of meiosis and because of which recombination, or crossing over, occurs on separation.
The Chimera on a red-figure Apulian plate, c. 350â340 BC (MusÃ©e du Louvre) The Chimera (/káµ»ËmÉªÉrÉ/ or /kaÉªËmÉªÉrÉ/, also Chimaera (ChimÃ¦ra); Greek: ÏÎ¯Î¼Î±Î¹ÏÎ±, ChÃ­maira) was, according to Greek mythology, a monstrous fire-breathing hybrid creature of Lycia in Asia Minor, composed of the parts of more than one animal.