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Foot, athlete
A skin infection caused by a fungus called Trichophyton which can thrive and infect the upper layer of the skin when the feet (or other areas of the body) remain moist, warm, and irritated. The fungus can be found on floors and in socks…
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Show more- Glycosylated hemoglobin Hemoglobin to which glucose is bound. Glycosylated hemoglobin is tested to monitor the long-term control of…
- Kilobase Unit of length of DNA equal to 1000 nucleotide bases
- Sumycin See: Tetracycline
- Pyrophosphate arthropathy Joint damage due to deposition of calcium pyrophosphate. Pyrophosphate arthropathy most commonly affects the…
- Epiphenomenon 1. An additional symptom or condition that appears during the course of a disease. A doctor might ask if you…
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Nistration: A part of the U.S. Public Health Service, SAMHSA works to improve the quality and availability of…
- Fear of horses An abnormal and persistent fear of horses. Sufferers of this fear experience undue anxiety even when a horse…
- Monoclonal antibody An antibody produced by a single clone of cells (specifically, a single clone of hybridoma cells) and…
- Lipoproteins Complexes of lipid and protein, the way lipids travel in the blood. Cholesterol, a building block of the…
- Digit A finger or toe
- Hypothyroidism, congenital Hypothyroidism, congenital: Underactivity of the thyroid gland at birth, resulting in growth retardation…
- Cranial nerve, first The cranial nerves emerge from or enter the skull (the cranium), as opposed to the spinal nerves which emerge…