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Puncture wound
An injury caused by a pointed object that pierces or penetrates the skin. Any puncture wound through tennis shoes (as with a nail) has a high risk of infection, because the foam in tennis shoes can harbor the bacteria Pseudomonas. Puncture…
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- Listeria A group of bacteria capable of causing miscarriage (spontaneous abortion), stillbirth and premature birth and…
- Resistance Opposition to something, or the ability to withstand it. For example, some forms of staphylococcus are…
- Recommended Daily Allowance Popular name for the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)
- Gland, exocrine See: Exocrine gland
- Muscular dystrophy, limb-girdle One of a group of diseases that may begin in childhood or later with slowly progressive weakness and wasting…
- Oxyhemoglobin The oxygen-loaded form of hemoglobin, the predominant protein in red blood cells. Hemoglobin is a protein…
- Syndrome, kinky hair See: Menkes syndrome
- Knockout Inactivation of specific genes. Knockouts are often created in laboratory organisms such as yeast or mice so…
- Suicidal Pertaining to suicide. the taking of ones own life. As in a suicidal gesture, suicidal thought, or suicidal…
- Glutamic acid An amino acid, one of the 20 building blocks of protein. A nonessential amino acid, glutamic acid is present…
- Intermittent claudication An aching, crampy, tired, and sometimes burning pain in the legs that comes and goes -- it typically occurs…