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Primary amebic meningoencephalitis
A rare, but fatal infection of the central nervous system caused by Naegleria fowleri, an ameba that inhabits freshwater lakes, rivers and hot springs. The disease results when ameba-contaminated water incidentally enters the nose during…
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- Immunocompetence The ability to produce a normal immune response
- Vaccination, children's See: DPT immunization.
- Skittles Street name for dextromethorphan (DXM)
- HHV-5 Human herpesvirus 5. See cytomegalovirus.
- Eclosion The emergence of an adult insect from its pupal case, or the hatching of an insect larva from an egg. From…
- Polony A tiny colony of DNA, about one micron in diameter. The word 'polony' is a contraction of 'polymerase…
- Essential vulvodynia A chronic, diffuse, unremitting sensation of burning of the vulva -- (the female external genital organs…
- Arbovirus A class of viruses transmitted to humans by arthropods such as mosquitoes and ticks. The first two letters of…
- Agnosia The inability to recognize and identify objects or persons despite having knowledge of the characteristics of…
- Exercise treadmill Exercise on a treadmill, a machine with a moving strip on which one walks without moving forward. A treadmill…
- EYCL2 A gene for brown eye color. See also: Eye color