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Yellow jacket sting
A sting from a yellow jacket (or other large stinging insects such as bees, hornets and wasps) can trigger allergic reactions ranging from local responses of limited duration to catastrophic general reactions which can be fatal. The…
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Show more- Medical research resource, ATCC as E Culture Collection as: Although little known to the general public, the American Type Culture Collection…
- Diabesity Diabetes caused by overweight or obesity. From diabetes + obesity. Synonymous with the usual form of type 2…
- Incontinence, urinary Incontinence, urinary: The unintentional loss of urine. Inability to hold urine in the bladder due to loss of…
- Pathology The study of disease. Pathology has been defined as 'that branch of medicine which treats of the essential…
- Methylation 1. In chemistry, the addition of a methyl group to a molecule. 2. On a protein level, the addition of a…
- Resolution In genetics, resolution refers to the degree of molecular detail on a physical map of DNA, ranging from low…
- Cogan corneal dystrophy A disorder in which the cornea (the normally clear front window of the eye) shows grayish fingerprint lines…
- Cell, alpha (pancreatic) A type of cell in the pancreas (the organ of the digestive system located behind the stomach). Within the…
- Fertilization Fertilization is the process of combining the male gamete, or 'sperm,' with the female gamete, or 'ovum.' The…
- Paresis, general A part of late ('tertiary') syphilis a decade or more after the initial infection, due to chronic…
- Arthroscope A thin flexible fiberoptic scope which is introduced into a joint space through a small incision in order to…
- Blistering agent See: Vesicant