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Blister beetle
A blister beetle is one of a number of beetles that have historically been used in dried or powdered form for medicinal purposes to raise blisters on the skin. An example of a blister beetle is the so-called Spanish fly. All blister…
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- Male chromosome See: Y chromosome
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- Memory, implicit See: Implicit memory
- Dilation The process of enlargement, stretching, or expansion. The word 'dilatation' means the same thing. Both come…
- Reye syndrome Reye syndrome: A sudden, sometimes fatal, disease of the brain (encephalopathy) with degeneration of the…
- Level 3 biosafety >Level 1 -- This level applies to agents that do not ordinarily cause human disease. >Level 2 -- This level…
- Regional lymphadenitis Cat scratch disease, a mild flu-like infection, with swollen lymph nodes (lymphadenitis) and mild fever of…
- Mononucleotide A single base pair. A trinucleotide (a triplet of base pairs) may be split into a dinucleotide and a…
- Amelioration Not a word confined to medicine but a word used in medicine, amelioration is synonymous with improvement. If…
- Penis, cancer of the Cancer of the penis is a disease in which cancer (malignant) cells originate in the tissues of the penis…