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Pneumococcal immunization
Vaccination to help prevent infection by Streptococcus pneumoniae, also known as the pneumococcus bacterium. This bacterium causes one of the most common and severe forms of pneumonia. To prevent this form of pneumonia, a vaccine has been…
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Show more- Brainstem The lowest part of the brain which merges with the spinal cord and provides the major route by which the…
- Pharmacopeia Also spelled pharmacopoeia, an official authoritative listing of drugs. Aspirin has, for example, long been…
- Vasculitis Vasculitis: Plural: vasculitides. A general term for a group of diseases that feature inflammation of the…
- LaMontagne See: La Montagne, John
- Intestine, small The tubelike organ that receives the products of digestion from the stomach. It has three parts, the…
- F (coefficient of inbreeding) F is the symbol for the coefficient of inbreeding, a way of gauging how close two people are genetically to…
- Seat belt A belt used to hold an individual in their seat. Motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of death for…
- Butterbur A waterside plant with purple flowers and large soft leaves in which pats of butter were once wrapped during…
- Neonatal lupus A lupus-like disease in a baby due to the transfer through the placenta of lupus antibodies from the mother…
- Immunization, serum hepatitis See Immunization, hepatitis B
- Parathyrin A small tumor of the parathyroid gland and the most common disorder of the gland. Parathyroid adenomas are…
- DHEA Dehydroepiandrosterone