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Acute HIV infection
The body's initial reaction to infection by the HIV virus. Acute HIV infection is a flu-like syndrome that occurs immediately after a person contracts HIV (the human immunodeficiency virus 1, the agent that causes AIDS). The syndrome is…
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Show more- Mab Monoclonal antibody. See: MAB
- Fungicidal Capable of killing fungi
- Salmonellosis Infection with bacteria belonging to the genus Salmonella. Salmonellosis is a common cause of food poisoning…
- Enteritis, Crohn Crohn disease involving only the small intestine. Crohn disease is a chronic inflammatory disorder, primarily…
- Asthenia Weakness. Lack of energy and strength. Loss of strength. The word asthenia is not much used in medicine…
- Supertaster A supertaster has an unusually large density of taste buds, each surrounded by pain fibers
- New England Journal of Medicine Despite its regional name, The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) is far from provincial. It is an…
- Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt: A shunt that allows blood from the portal circulation (that…
- Collapsing pulse See: Pulse, water hammer
- Tympany A hollow drum-like sound produced when a gas-containing cavity is tapped sharply. Tympany is heard if the…
- Skeletal muscle One of three types of muscle tissue in the body (skeletal, smooth, cardiac) which represents the majority of…
- Cyclin One of a group of proteins that regulate the cell cycle. The cyclins bind to and activate cyclin-dependent…