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Boutonneuse
Fievre boutonneuse or African tick typhus, one of the tick-borne rickettsial diseases of the eastern hemisphere, similar to Rocky Mountain spotted fever, but less severe, with fever, a small ulcer (tache noire) at the site of the tick…
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Show more- Pregnancy-associated plasma protein A Abbreviated as PAPPA or PAPP-A. A large zinc-binding protein that acts as an enzyme, specifically a…
- Scales, body fat See: Bioelectric impedance analysis
- Syndrome, dyskeratosis congenita An inherited cause of bone-marrow failure, dyskeratosis congenita is a syndrome characterized by abnormal…
- Muscular dystrophy One of a group of genetic diseases characterized by progressive weakness and degeneration of the skeletal or…
- Replacement therapy, estrogen (ERT) Estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) is used to treat menopause. It reduces or stops the short-term changes of…
- Involute 1. Literally, to turn inward or roll inward. 2. To decrease in size after an enlargement. The uterus…
- Benign Not cancer. Not malignant. A benign tumor does not invade surrounding tissue or spread to other parts of the…
- Blood culture A test designed to detect if microorganisms such as bacteria and fungi are present in blood. A sample of…
- Law, Hardy-Weinberg Basic concept in population genetics discovered independently in 1908 by the great English mathematician…
- Tension, intravenous The pressure of the blood within a vein, the venous pressure
- Karyocyte Any cell that possesses a nucleus. A neuron (nerve cell) is a karyocyte; it has a nucleus. A mature…
- Edward B. Lewis See: Lewis, Edward B