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Yersinia
A group of bacteria that appear rod-like under the microscope and include Yersinia pestis (the cause of the bubonic and pneumonic plague), Yersinia entercolitica (the cause of a disease called yersinosis), and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis…
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Show more- Dyspeptic Pertaining to dyspepsia, a term that is probably more often encountered today in advertising than in…
- Dermatologic Having to do with the skin
- Leukemia, acute lymphocytic Abbreviated AML. Also called acute myeloid leukemia or acute nonlymphocytic leukemia (ANLL). A quickly…
- Psychological child abuse Child abuse: Also known as emotional child abuse, this is the third most frequently reported form of child…
- Epilepsy, Jacksonian Epilepsy, Jacksonian:A brief alteration in movement, sensation or nerve function caused by abnormal…
- Brain, fornix of the An arching fibrous band in the brain connecting the two lobes of the cerebrum. (The cerebrum is the largest…
- Therapy, interpersonal See: Interpersonal therapy
- Adult-onset Still disease Although Still disease was first described in children, it is known to begin in adults (rarely). Of all…
- Bartholin's glands A pair of glands between the vulva and the vagina that produce lubrication in response to stimulation. With a…
- Diaper rash, yeast Rash, yeast: Infection in the diaper area caused by a yeast formerly called Monilia and now called Candida…
- Subdeltoid Beneath the deltoid, the large muscle that stretches from the clavicle (collarbone) to the humerus (the long…
- Parathyroid gland A gland that regulates calcium, located behind the thyroid gland in the neck. The parathyroid gland secretes…