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UTI in children
See: Urinary tract infection in children
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- Tuberculosis, avian A type of tuberculosis affecting birds, caused by Mycobacterium avium, which may be communicated to other…
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- Infection, Leishmania See: Leishmania infection
- Chemokinesis The response of a cell to a chemical that causes the cell to make some kind of change in its movement by…
- Pollen count The number of pollen grains landing on a given area during a specified time. The count is taken by a spinning…
- Immunoglobulin E Abbreviated IgG. A major class of immunoglobulins found in the blood, including many of the most common…
- Long-term memory A system for permanently storing, managing, and retrieving information for later use. Items of information…
- Dystocia Difficult or abnormal labor or delivery. From the Greek 'dys' meaning 'difficult, painful, disordered…
- Aspergillosis Infection with the fungus Aspergillus, seen especially in people with a deficient immune system. The clinical…
- DMD (dystonia musculorum deformans) Also called torsion dystonia, this is a rare, generalized dystonia (a state of abnormal -- either excessive…
- Aldrex Trade name of the insecticide aldrin. See: Aldrin and dieldrin