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Crypto
Popular name for both the parasite, Cryptosporidium parvum, and the disease it causes, cryptosporidiosis
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Show more- GOLD-2 One of the stages of chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD), according to the Global Initiative for Chronic…
- Macrophage A type of white blood that ingests (takes in) foreign material. Macrophages are key players in the immune…
- Allergic granulomatous angiitis See: Churg-Strauss syndrome
- Indian meal moth See: Meal moth
- Glutathione S-transferase A family of enzymes that utilize glutathione in reactions contributing to the transformation of a wide range…
- Maneuver, Valsalva See: Valsalva maneuver
- Ventral A chamber of an organ. For example, the four connected cavities (hollow spaces) in the central portion of the…
- Disease, Heberden >Angina pectoris, chest pain that is often severe and crushing, due to an inadequate supply of oxygen to the…
- Suicide prevention Diminishing the risk of suicide. It may not be possible to eliminate entirely the risk of suicide but it is…
- Myopathy Any and all disease of muscle. Or any type of damage to muscle. There are many different kinds of myopathies…
- Disc, cervical A disk shaped piece of specialized tissue that separates the vertebral bones of the spinal column in the…
- Disease, alveolar hydatid See Nail-patella syndrome.