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Seabather's itch
An intensely itchy rash due to contact with the tiny thimble jellyfish (Linuche unguiculata). These jellyfish are common between March and August in the waters off of Florida and in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. There may be no…
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- Cancer, colon A malignancy that arises from the inner lining of the colon. Most, if not all, of these cancers develop from…
- Trp . Tryptophan. See also: Amino acid symbols
- Amathophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of dust. Sufferers experience anxiety even though they realize dust poses no…
- Quadrant A quarter. For example, the liver is in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen.
- 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…
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa The versatile 'blue-green pus bacteria' that opportunistically infects people, especially those who are…
- Right-handed The preferential use of the right hand for most fine manual tasks. Approximately 90% of the population is…
- Multiple miscarriage More than one miscarriage for a woman. In multiple miscarriages, there is about a 5 percent chance that one…
- Hapten In immunology, a molecule that is incapable, alone, of causing the production of antibodies but which can do…
- Insufficiency, pulmonary See: Pulmonary insufficiency
- Disease, sickle cell A genetic blood disease due to the presence of an abnormal form of hemoglobin, namely hemoglobin S…