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Encephalitis, West Nile
A febrile disease caused by the West Nile virus that is transmitted from birds to the common Culex mosquito and then to people. The virus is named after the area it was first found in Uganda. West Nile fever occurs in parts of Africa and…
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- Entomology The scientific study of insects. The application of entomology to medicine is termed medical entomology. See…
- Body dysmorphic disorder Body dysmorphic disorder: A psychiatric disorder characterized by excessive preoccupation with imagined…
- Gastric emptying study Gastric emptying study: A gastric emptying study evaluates the emptying of food from the stomach. For a…
- Parkinson, James (1755-1824) English physician and paleontologist who gave a classic account in 1817 of a chronic, slowly…
- Neonatologist A specialist in the care of the newborn.
- Obtund To dull or blunt. From the Latin obtundere, to blunt
- Straight jacket See: Straitjacket
- Cellulitus Common misspelling of cellulitis
- Extradural hematoma See: Epidural hematoma
- Vampire children Perjorative term for children with xeroderma pigmentosum, a genetic disease with such extraordinary…
- Orthologous gene 1. A term coined by the chemist Linus Pauling who defined it as "the preservation of good health and the…