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Tetracycline
Tetracycline: A family of broad-spectrum antibiotics effective against a remarkably wide variety of organisms. Bacteria susceptible to teracycline include H. flu (Hemophilus influenzae), strep (Streptococcus pneumoniae), Mycoplasma…
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- Jennerization The production of immunity to a disease by inoculation of an attenuated form of the virus causing the…
- Concatemer Multiple copies of a DNA sequence arranged end to end in tandem. Concatenate means to link together in a…
- Marker, tumor Tumor markers are substances that can be detected in higher-than-normal amounts in the blood, urine, or body…
- Leukotriene One of a group of hormones that cause the symptoms of hayfever and asthma. Derived from arachidonic acid, the…
- Shock, spinal Shock caused by injury to the spinal cord
- Normal tension glaucoma See: Glaucoma, normal tension
- Gene, Med1 DNA repair A gene that codes for one of the key enzymes involved in repairing DNA. The DNA in genes is constantly…
- Parasomnia A sleep disorder in which odd or dangerous events occur that intrude on sleep. The parasomnias include sleep…
- Leukocyte,eosinophilic See: Eosinophil
- Familial polyposis An inherited condition in which several hundred polyps develop in the colon and rectum.
- Nephrosclerosis Hardening (sclerosis) of the kidney usually due to disease of the blood vessels in it from atherosclerosis.