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Y. pestis
Yersinia pestis, the bacteria that causes the bubonic plague which in the year 541 (as the Black Death) and later in the Middle Ages decimated Europe. The effects of the plague are described in the nursery rhyme 'We all fall down.' Y…
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Show more- Acute fatty liver of pregnancy Fatty liver of pregnancy: Liver failure in late pregnancy, usually from unknown cause. Acute fatty liver of…
- Pia mater One of the meninges, the pia mater is the delicate innermost membrane enveloping the brain and spinal cord…
- Prostatodynia A type of inflammation of the prostate not due to bacterial infection and in which there are no objective…
- Reactant, acute phase See: Acute-phase protein
- Ceteris paribus 1. Literally (in Latin), other things the same. 2. Figuratively, all else being equal (staying the same). 3…
- Pubarche Just as menarche means the time when menstruation begins, pubarche indicates when pubic hair begins.
- Hormone, aldosterone A hormone made by the outer portion (cortex) of the adrenal gland that regulates the balance of salt and…
- Cupping 1. A cup-shaped depression, as in the head of the optic nerve in the eye. 2. Treatment in which a cup is…
- Vulvar vestibulitis Inflammation of small glands at the entrance to the vagina. Vulvar vestibulitis is the most common physical…
- Cox-2 Cyclooxygenase-2, a protein acts as an enzyme and specifically catalyzes (speeds) the production of certain…
- Syndrome, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Better known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). A dementing disease of the brain. It is believed due to an…
- Potassium The major positive ion (cation) found inside of cells. The chemical notation for potassium is K+. The proper…