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Mono
Popular name for infectious mononucleosis
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- Disease, Parkinson A slowly progressive neurologic disease characterized by a fixed inexpressive face, a tremor at rest, slowing…
- Laser A powerful beam of light that can produce intense heat when focused at close range. Lasers are used in…
- Phage Short for bacteriophage, a virus that lives within a bacteria. A virus for which the natural host is a…
- Aerospace medicine The fields of medicine concerned with the maintenance of health, safety, and performance of those in aviation…
- Rule out A term much used in medicine, meaning to eliminate or exclude something from consideration. The ACB (albumin…
- Trichina spiralis Is a parasitic worm that lives in the intestines and causes a serious illness known as trichinosis. The eggs…
- RNA virus, negative-strand See: Negative-strand RNA virus
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- FBLN5 The gene encoding the protein known as fibulin 5. See: Fibulin 5
- Circulation, fetal The blood circulation in the fetus (the unborn baby). Before birth, the blood from the heart that is destined…