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Reservoir of infection
Any person, animal, plant, soil or substance in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies. The reservoir typically harbors the infectious agent without injury to itself and serves as a source from which other individuals can…
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- PLP See: Proteolipid protein
- Fovea centralis See: Fovea.
- Skin erosion Skin erosion is a loss of some or all of the epidermis (the outer layer) leaving a denuded surface. Erosion…
- Mutation, acquired See: Acquired mutation.
- RAD51 An enzyme that coordinates recombination and that is important to the process of error-free DNA repair by…
- Pulmonary embolus A blood clot that has passed into and occluded the lung's pulmonary artery. An embolus causes an embolism. In…
- Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis involves the growth of numerous warty growths in the larynx on the vocal…
- Hypogeusia A reduced ability to taste things (to taste sweet, sour, bitter, or salty substances). Some people cannot…
- Plano In practical optics, a surface that has been worked flat
- Ear tubes Ear tubes: Formally known as tympanostomy tubes, ear tubes are small plastic tubes inserted into the eardrum…
- Mucolipidosis I A type of mucolipidosis (see below) characterized by deficiency of the enzyme neuraminidase (sialidase)…