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Rabbit fever
An infection in rabbits and other wild rodents caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis that can be transmitted to humans by contact with infected animal tissues or ticks. Also called tularemia. The main mode of transmission to…
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- PARK10 Familial Parkinson disease type 10
- Discharge, breast See: Breast discharge
- Sign language Sign language: A language that employs signs made with the hands and other movements, including facial…
- Hiatus An opening, as in the diaphragm. When there is an unusually wide opening in the diaphragm, there can be a…
- Surface EMG A technique in which electrodes are placed on (not into) the skin overlying a muscle to detect the electrical…
- Nodular hyperplasia of the prostate See: Benign prostatic hyperplasia
- Nullipara A woman who has never given birth to a child.
- Fungus A single-celled or multicellular organism. Fungi can be true pathogens (such as histoplasmosis and…
- Nasal septum hematoma An accumulation of blood within the nasal septum, the wall inside the nose that runs down the middle dividing…
- Homeotherm A homeotherm is a warm-blooded animal (such as homo sapiens). Another term for us warm-blooded creatures is…
- Aesculapius That stick with the snake curled around it is the staff (the rod) of Aesculapius (also called Asklepios), the…