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Bioterrorism
Bioterrorism: Terrorism using biologic agents. Biological diseases and the agents that might be used for terrorism have been listed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (the CDC). The list includes a sizable number of…
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Show more- Mourning, public See: Public mourning
- Glucuronosyltransferase, UDP- A liver enzyme essential to the disposal of bilirubin (the chemical that results from the normal breakdown of…
- Nutraceutical A food or part of a food that allegedly provides medicinal or health benefits, including the prevention and…
- Aniline A chemical compound implicated, along with o-toluidine, in the causation of bladder cancer. Aniline and…
- Ear puncture Puncture of the ear drum may be due to an accident for example when something is stuck into the ear. Or it…
- Artery disease, coronary See: Coronary artery disease
- Paraneoplastic syndrome The collective signs and symptoms caused by a substance emanating from a tumor or in reaction to a tumor…
- Oneiric Relating to dreams; dream-like. From the Greek 'oneiros' (dream). See oneirophrenia
- Brain edema See: Cerebral edema
- Venereal wart A wart that is confined primarily to the moist skin of the genitals. These warts are due to viruses belonging…
- Laynx, pneumatic See: Pneumatic larynx
- Microorchidism Abnormally small testes. To determine if the testes are too small, a device called an orchidometer is used…