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Stachybotrys
An antigenic green-black mold that grows on wood, paper and cotton products provided there is constant moisture. Stachybotrys can produce toxic chemicals called mycotoxins that are present on spores and small fragments of the fungus…
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- Sesquipedalian A long polysyllabic word that means having many syllables or using long words, as is all too often the case…
- Inheritance, mitochondrial The type of hereditary pattern seen when there is more than one genetic factor involved and, sometimes, when…
- Diabetic xanthoma See: Eruptive xanthoma
- RNA, messenger A class of RNA that is the template upon which polypeptides are put together. Abbreviated mRNA
- Gyno- Combining form pertaining to women. From the Greek gyno, gynaikos meaning woman
- PNS (peripheral nervous system) That portion of the nervous system that is outside the brain and spinal cord. The peripheral nervous system…
- Abortion In medicine, an abortion is the premature exit of the products of conception (the fetus, fetal membranes, and…
- AED (automated external defibrillator) See: Automated external defibrillator
- Cockayne syndrome A genetic disorder that involves progressive multisystem degeneration and is classified as a segmental…
- Sacroiliac joint dysfunction (SI Joint Pain) : Pain arising from abnormalities or
- Probiotic A microbe that protects its host and prevents disease. The best-known probiotic is Lactobacillus acidophilus…