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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- Monocular 1. With one eye, as in monocular vision.2. With one eyepiece, as in a monocular microscope
- Electrocochleography A test that measures the electrical potentials generated in the inner ear in response to stimulation by…
- Chronic leukemia Cancer of the blood cells (leukemia) that progresses slowly
- Ethmoid bone An irregularly shaped, spongy bone that provides the floor of the front part of the skull and the roof of the…
- Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker disease See: Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome
- Insulin-dependent diabetes See Diabetes, type 1
- Abuse, verbal child Also known as emotional child abuse, this is the third most frequently reported form of child abuse (after…
- Telemedicine The use of medical information exchanged from one site to another via electronic communications for the…
- Auditory integration training An experimental procedure for reducing painful hypersensitivity to sound. It has proved beneficial for some…
- Fever, jail See: Typhus, epidemic
- Methionine An amino acid, one of the 20 building blocks of protein. A dietary essential amino acid, methionine provides…
- Hypercoagulability, estrogen-associated >esterified estrogens >esterified estrogens and methyltestosterone >estradiol >estrogens (conjugated) and…