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Vaccine, meningococcal
A vaccine to prevent meningococcal meningitis, an inflammation of the membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord due to bacterial infection by an organism called Neisseria meningitidis. The symptoms of meningococcal meningitis include…
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- Autosomal Pertaining to a chromosome that is not a sex chromosome; relating to any one of the chromosomes save the sex…
- Thyroiditis, autoimmune See: Hashimoto thyroiditis
- Flu, bird See: Avian influenza
- Alkaloid, vinca See: Vinca alkaloid
- Segawa dystonia Dystonia: An important variant form of dopa-responsive dystonia (DRD). DRD typically begins in childhood or…
- Anovular menstruation Menstruation without ovulation. The egg stays within the ovary and usually disintegrates but sometimes it is…
- Arthritis, degenerative A type of arthritis caused by inflammation, breakdown, and eventual loss of the cartilage of the joints. Also…
- McArdle disease Glycogen storage disease type V and the most common type of glycogen storage disease. McArdle disease is an…
- Study, electrophysiologic See: Framingham Study.
- Sentinel-lymph-node biopsy See: Sentinel lymph node biopsy
- Herbicide chemical 2,4-DCP A poisonous chemical used to produce a herbicide. 2,4-DCP (short for 2,4-dichlorophenol) is employed in the…