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Apollo
In Greek mythology, often considered to be a god of healing. In stories such as The Iliad, Apollo is depicted as the bringer and reliever of plagues
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- Calor, dolor, rubor, and tumor Heat, pain, redness, and swelling. The four classical signs of inflammation, originally recorded by the Roman…
- Elastase 2 Neutrophil elastase, an enzyme in neutrophils that digests elastin. The gene ELA2 encoding elastase 2 is on…
- Artemidorus Artemidorus of Daldis. Greek physician who wrote Oneirocritica, a work dedicated to the interpretation of…
- Bubo An enlarged lymph node ('swollen gland') that is tender and painful, particularly in the groin and armpit…
- Chorea, Sydenham's See: Sydenham chorea
- Stachybotrys An antigenic green-black mold that grows on wood, paper and cotton products provided there is constant…
- Teratogen, coumadin as The anticoagulant ('blood- thinner') coumadin is a known teratogen, an agent that can disturb the development…
- Son 1. Principally, a male offspring. 2. Also a male adopted child. 3. A term of address for a male. From the Old…
- LSD Lysergic acid diethylamide, an hallucinogen. LSD is an abbreviation of the German term…
- Teratoma A type of germ cell tumor that may contain several different types of tissue and sometimes mature elements…