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Dumdum fever
Also called kala-azar, a chronic, potentially fatal parasitic disease of the viscera (the internal organs) due to infection by an agent called Leishmania donovani. Leishmania donovani is transmitted by sandfly bites in parts of Asia…
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- Tissue A tissue in medicine is not like a piece of tissue paper. It is a broad term that is applied to any group of…
- Spermatogonial stem cell See: Sperm stem cell
- Fever, familial Mediterranean (FMF) An inherited disorder featuring short recurring crises of severe abdominal pain and bouts of fever. Other…
- Gland, mammary One of the glands within the breast that secrete milk when prompted to do so by special hormones. Mammary…
- Anaplasmosis A tick-borne disease of cattle, sheep, and related ruminants caused by a microorganism called Anaplasma…
- Syndrome, renal, with hemorrhagic fever A number of diseases, also known as hemorrhagic fever, characterized by an abrupt onset of high fever and…
- Methadone A synthetic opiate. The most common medical use for methadone is as a legal substitute for heroin in…
- Knee The knee is a joint which has three parts. The thigh bone (the femur) meets the large shin bone (the tibia)…
- Cyst, thyroglossal See: Thyroglossal cyst
- Mustard (Arabidopsis thaliana) genome All of the genetic information contained in Arabidopsis thaliana, a plant belonging to the mustard family…