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Proximal white subungual onychomycosis
The rarest form of fungus infection of the finger or toenail. (Fungus infection of the finger or toenail is also called onychomycosis.) The infection begins in the nail fold (the portion of the nail opposite the tip of the finger)…
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Show more- FFI Fatal familial insomnia
- Telomere The end of a chromosome, a specialized structure involved in the replication and stability of the chromosome…
- Occipital 1. Pertaining to the occiput, the back of head. 2. Located near the occipital bone as, for example, the…
- Mendelism The principles of genetics, specifically of single-gene traits, based on the work of Gregor Mendel (1822-84)…
- Lymphadenopathy virus Another name for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the cause of AIDS. HIV has also been called the…
- Bos taurus genome See: Bovine genome
- Klebsiella A group of bacteria normally living in the intestinal tract and frequently the cause of nosocomial infections…
- Flax seed The seed of the common flax plant (also known as linseed and, botanically, Linum usitatissimum). Flax seed…
- Hematuria Blood in the urine. Hematuria may or may not be accompanied by pain, but it is always abnormal and should be…
- Amebiasis Infection of the intestines with amebae, especially with the ameba Entamoeba histolytica, characterized by…
- Erythrophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of blushing. Sufferers of erythrophobia experience undue anxiety even though…
- Sabin vaccine The oral polio vaccine developed by Dr. Albert S. Sabin. The first vaccine against poliomyelitis was…