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Anthrax toxin
The toxic substance secreted by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis, the causative agent of the disease anthrax. Anthrax toxin is made up of three proteins. One is protective antigen and two are enzymes that are called edema factor and lethal…
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- Bariatric Pertaining to bariatrics, the field of medicine concerned with weight loss
- Locomotion Movement from one place to another. And the ability to locomote, to get from one place to the next. The…
- Lysergic acid diethylamide Better known as LSD. (LSD is the abbreviation for the German name for the drug: Lysergsaure-Diathylamid.)…
- Bifid uvula The uvula, the little V-shaped fleshy mass hanging from the back of the soft palate, is cleft or split. Cleft…
- IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) Irritable bowel syndrome): A common gastrointestinal disorder involving an abnormal condition of gut…
- Acute epiglottitis A very rapidly progressive infection causing inflammation of the epiglottis (the flap that covers the…
- Torticollis, congenital A deformity of the neck that is evident at birth. It is due to shortening of the neck muscles. Congenital…
- Prescription abbreviations A prescription, as is well known, is a physician's order for the preparation and administration of a drug or…
- Dialectical behavioral therapy A mode of treatment designed for people with borderline personality disorder (BPD), particularly those with…
- Alopecia areata Alopecia areata: A patchy baldness which typically begins with patchy hair loss on the scalp and sometimes…
- Disease, Parry's Toxic multinodular goiter, a condition in which the thyroid gland contains multiple lumps (nodules) that are…