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Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease
A transmissible degenerative brain disorder technically termed spongiform encephalopathy. Eating 'mad cow' meat or squirrel brain can lead to Jaqcob-Creuzfeldt-like disease. Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease, better known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob…
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Show more- Captioning The text display of spoken words, presented on a movie screen or a television (or another type of monitor)…
- Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura A 'wastepaper basket' for those cases of immune thrombocytopenic purpura whose cause is still unknown. See…
- Tumor grade The degree of abnormality of cancer cells, a measure of differentiation, the extent to which cancer cells are…
- Special pathogen A highly infectious agent that produces severe disease in humans. Special pathogens include the viruses that…
- Genital wart A wart in the moist skin of the genitals or around the anus. Genital warts are due to a human papillomavirus…
- St. Vitus dance Another name for Sydenham chorea. St. Vitus is the patron saint of epileptics, dancers, and actors
- RDA Abbreviation for the Recommended Dietary Allowance. Or, popularly, the Recommended Daily Allowance
- Immunity, acquired See: Acquired immunity
- Hecht-Beals syndrome See: Hecht syndrome
- HHV-4 Human herpesvirus 4. See Epstein-Barr virus.
- Mild cognitive impairment Abbreviated MCI. A brain disorder in which thinking abilities are mildly impaired. Individuals with mild…
- Smallpox vaccination in eczema See Eczema vaccinatum