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Endemic
Present in a community at all times but in relatively low frequency. Something that is endemic is typically restricted or peculiar to a locality or region. For example, malaria is endemic in some areas of Africa. And traffic in illicit…
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Show more- Haemophilus influenzae type B (HIB) immunization This kind of immunization is designed to prevent diseases caused by Haemophilus influenzae type B (HIB), a…
- Nook Barker See: Barker, Horace Albert
- Emia Suffix meaning blood or referring to the presence of a substance in the blood. As for example, anemia (lack…
- Cells, reproductive The eggs and sperm are the reproductive cells. Each mature reproductive cell is haploid in that it has a…
- ErbB1 See: EGFR
- Unresolved grief Grief characterized by the extended duration of the symptoms, by interference of the grief symptoms with the…
- ICU psychosis ICU psychosis: A disorder in which patients in an intensive care unit (ICU) or a similar hospital setting may…
- Body stuffing The swallowing of relatively small amounts of loosely wrapped illicit drugs because of the fear of arrest
- Ductus arteriosus A key arterial shunt (ductus) in fetal life. Before birth, blood pumped from the heart through the pulmonary…
- Headache, stress See headache, tension
- Juvenile polyposis syndrome See: Juvenile polyposis
- Exercise treadmill Exercise on a treadmill, a machine with a moving strip on which one walks without moving forward. A treadmill…