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Wymin
An alternate spelling of wimmin
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- Meningitis, infectious Meningitis caused by bacterial, viral, or protozoan infection. Most of the agents known to cause meningitis…
- Immune Protected against infection. The Latin immunis means free, exempt.
- Varicella rash Rash: Varicella (chickenpox) is characterized by a rash, often the first sign of the disease. The rash of…
- Buffalo chest A single chest cavity with no anatomic separation of the two hemithoraxes due, for example, to tension…
- Restriction map An array of sites in DNA susceptible to cleavage by diverse restriction enzymes
- Hyperlexia The presence of advanced ability to read compared to the ability to understand spoken language. Children with…
- Weighing, hydrostatic See: Underwater weighing
- Th3 A distinct type of T-helper cell. See: T-helper cell
- Coccidioidomycosis (CM) A disease due to a fungus called Coccidioides immitis. About 40% of people infected with this fungus develop…
- Functional magnetic resonance imaging The use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to learn which regions of the brain are active in a specific…
- Archaeology The scientific study of the material remains of past peoples. In archaeology today, a range of biological…