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Fever, puerperal
Fever that lasts for more than 24 hours within the first 10 days after a woman has had a baby. Puerperal fever is due to an infection, most often of the placental site within the uterus. If the infection involves the bloodstream, it…
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- Molar In dentistry, a molar is one of the posterior teeth well adapted to grinding, in keeping with its origin from…
- FTT Failure to thrive. Refers to a child whose physical growth is significantly less than that of peers. There is…
- Family, gene A group of genes related in structure and often in function. The genes belonging to a gene family are…
- Autoclave A chamber for sterilizing with steam under pressure. The original autoclave was essentially a pressure…
- Tooth and nail syndrome A genetic disorder characterized by the absence of several teeth at birth and abnormalities of the nails. The…
- Iritis Inflammation of the iris. The iris is the circular, colored curtain in the front of the visible of the eye…
- Watson, James American biologist (1928-) who, with Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins, shared the 1962 Nobel prize in…
- Genome, mustard Arabidopsis thaliana See: Arabidopsis thaliana genome
- Auditory cortex The part of the brain that is concerned with hearing. The auditory cortex is the temporal lobe, which the…
- Motor neuron A neuron that sends electrical output signals to muscle neurons. Also called a motoneuron
- Diarrhea, E. coli hemorrhagic Bloody colitis (inflammation of the bowel) caused by E. coli, usually by the strain E. coli 0157:H7. The…