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Fever, Wolhynia
Fever, Wolhynia: Also known as trench fever, a disease borne by body lice that was first recognized in the trenches of World War I, when it is estimated to have affected more than a million people in Russia and on the fronts in Europe…
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- Dermatology 1. The branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases of the skin…
- Multipara, grand The term 'multipara' applies to any woman who has given birth 2 or more times. A woman who has given birth 5…
- Disease, Minamata A disorder caused by methyl mercury poisoning that was first described in the inhabitants of Minamata Bay…
- Metabonomics The study of metabolic responses to drugs, environmental changes and diseases. Metabonomics is an extension…
- Scutellaria barbata A Chinese herb that belongs to a group of herbs named Scutellaria (scullcap or skullcap). It is related to…
- Wet lung See: ARDS
- Nephro- Prefix referring to the kidney as, for example, in nephrotoxic. From the Greek nephros meaning kidney
- Gerstmann-Straussler syndrome See: Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome
- Biological safety level 4 Level 4 biosafety
- Gerstmann-Straussler syndrome See: Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome
- Connexin 26 Also known as gap junction beta 2, or GJB2. See: GJB2. See also: Connexin