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Cysticercosis
An infection caused by the pork tapeworm, Taenia solium. Infection occurs when the tapeworm larvae enter the body and form cysticerci (SIS-tuh-sir-KEY) (cysts). When cysticerci are found in the brain, the condition is called…
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Show more- Blood-brain barrier A protective network of blood vessels and cells that filters blood flowing to the brain.
- Endometrioma Part of the condition known as endometriosis. Endometrioma is a type of cyst formed when endometrial tissue…
- Linkage The tendency for genes and other genetic markers to be inherited together because of their location near one…
- AMD Age-related macular degeneration (which may also be abbreviated as ARMD)
- Foot pain Foot pain: Foot pain is the sensation of discomfort in the foot arising from disorders or injury to any of…
- EMT A rash inside the body. An example: the spots in measles (Koplik's spots) inside the mouth that look like a…
- Hex-A deficiency See: Tay-Sachs disease
- Beard The hair that normally grows on the male face after puberty. Testosterone, the most potent of the naturally…
- MODY Maturity onset diabetes of the young
- Cyto- Colorblindness of the red-green type (also known as deuteranopia or deuteranomaly). The term "Daltonism" is…
- Cell lineage A genealogic pedigree of cells related through mitotic division
- Ciguatera Seafood poisoning due to ciguatoxin, a toxin acquired by eating fish that have consumed toxic single-celled…