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Nasal flu vaccine
A live attenuated (weakened) influenza virus vaccine that is administered as a nasal spray. The brand name for this vaccine is FluMist. The nasal flu vaccine is recommended only for healthy people between 5 and 49 years of age. The…
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- Flavivirus A family of viruses transmitted by mosquitos and ticks that cause some important diseases, including dengue…
- Shock, septic Shock caused by infection. See also septicemia.
- Nerve, glossopharyngeal The glossopharyngeal nerve is the ninth cranial nerve. The 12 cranial nerves, the glossopharyngeal nerve…
- REM sleep Sleep: REM sleep is the portion of sleep when there are rapid eye movements (REMs). Dreams occur during REM…
- A- Prefix very much employed in medicine and all of the health sciences, indicating 'not, without, -less' as…
- Papillomatosis, recurrent respiratory Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis involves the growth of numerous warty growths in the larynx on the vocal…
- Colon cancer Colon cancer: A malignancy that arises from the inner lining of the colon. Most, if not all, of these cancers…
- Tube, NG An NG (nasogastric) tube is one that is passed through the nose (via the nasopharynx and esophagus) down into…
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Drug Abuse (NIDA): One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S., NIDA's mission is to 'lead the…
- Urolithiasis The process of forming stones in the kidney, bladder, and/or urethra (urinary tract). Kidney stones are a…
- Mesial 1. Toward the middle. As, for example, a mesial temporal lobe structure.2. In dentistry, toward the middle of…