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Pathogen
An agent of disease. A disease producer. The term pathogen most commonly is used to refer to infectious organisms. These include bacteria (such as staph), viruses (such as HIV), and fungi (such as yeast). Less commonly, pathogen refers to…
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Show more- Phobia, social Excessive fear of embarrassment in social situations that is extremely intrusive and can have debilitating…
- Tapeworm, African See Taenia saginata.
- Mapping, gene The process of determining the relative positions of genes on a chromosome (or another piece of DNA) and the…
- Stevens-Johnson syndrome See: Stewart, Alice.
- San Joaquin Valley disease A disease also called coccidioidomycosis (CM) due to a fungus called Coccidioides immitis. About 40% of…
- CDNA Complementary DNA. cDNA is single-stranded DNA made in the laboratory from a messenger RNA template under the…
- Nanny-cam See: Nanny cam
- Cordectomy 1. Surgical removal of a vocal cord. 2. Surgical removal of part of the spinal cord. From cord + -ectomy…
- Cold injury Cold injuries include chilblains, 'trench foot,' and frostbite. Cold injuries occur with and without freezing…
- Choriocarcinoma A highly malignant tumor that arises from trophoblastic cells within the uterus. Choriocarcinoma tends to be…
- Hypoosmolar In biochemistry, referring to hypoosmolarity, an abnormal decrease in the osmolarity of the body fluids
- Microalbuminuria 1. Generally, a subtle increase in the urinary excretion of the protein albumin that cannot be detected by a…