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Measly
The word measly can refer to measles, and, thence, to spotty and, thence, to something that is of little value. In medicine, the measly tapeworm is the pork tapeworm (T. solium) which can be contracted through eating measly pork (pork…
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Show more- Immunity The condition of being immune. Immunity can be innate (for example, humans are innately immune to canine…
- Immunization, varicella A live attenuated (weakened) viral vaccine that is recommended for people traveling to or living in tropical…
- Frailty syndrome A condition, seen particularly in older patients, characterized by low functional reserve, easy tiring…
- X-ray, PA An X-ray picture in which the beams pass from back-to-front (posteroanterior). By contrast an AP…
- Body packer An individual who ingests wrapped packets of illicit drugs such as cocaine, heroin, amphetamines, ecstasy…
- Rhinitis Acute Inflammation of the nose that occurs for only a few days. Typically this is caused by a virus ('a cold'); if…
- Replication A turning back, repetition, duplication, reproduction
- Vulva cancer See: Cancer of the vulva
- Vesiculitis Inflammation of a vesicle, and particularly of the seminal vesicles behind the male bladder
- Exclamation point hair Exclamation point hair is a key diagnostic finding in a disorder called alopecia areata. Alopecia areata is…
- Efferent vessel A vessel carrying blood away from the heart. An artery or arteriole
- Nucleocaspid The genome plus the protein coat of a viral. The genome is nucleic acid. The protein coat is the capsid. The…