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Tularemia
A bacterial disease caused by infection with a bacterium called Francisella tularensis that usually occurs in wild and domestic animals, most often rabbits, and can be transmitted to humans by contact with animal tissues or ticks and…
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- Tablet splitting The practice of cutting tablets in half. The reason is usually financial. To reduce costs, a physician may…
- Wolfram syndrome A genetic neurodegenerative disease that leads to many different abnormalities including diabetes insipidus…
- Appendix epididymis A small cystic projection from the surface of the epididymis which represents a remnant the embryologic…
- Kiddie cam A camcorder (a video camera and video recorder in one unit) that displays a live feed so that parents can…
- Scarification The making of many small, superficial scratches in the skin. Scarification may be done in giving a smallpox…
- Medical Repository The first medical magazine and the first scientific journal published in the United States. The Medical…
- Body packing The practice of internally concealing illicit drugs. See: Body packer
- Dibenzoxazepine A riot control agent or 'tear gas.' See: Riot control agent poisoning
- Toxicology The study of the nature, effects and detection of poisons and the treatment of poisoning
- Physiology >Some physiological studies are concerned with processes that go on within cells such as phagocytosis, the…
- Behavior, automatic A behavior that is performed without conscious knowledge and that does not appear to be under conscious…