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Rodenticide
A chemical or other agent used to destroy rats or other rodent pests or prevent them from damaging food, crops, etc. Rat poison is a familiar rodenticide
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- Measles encephalitis Inflammation of the brain (encephalitis) occurs in perhaps 1 in 1,000 cases of measles, starting (up to 3…
- Dermatitis, stasis A skin irritation on the lower legs, generally related to circulatory problems. Stasis refers to a stoppage…
- Encephalitis, West Nile A febrile disease caused by the West Nile virus that is transmitted from birds to the common Culex mosquito…
- Jewett staging system A system for determining the stage of a prostate cancer. The system uses ABCD. The letters 'A' and 'B'…
- Gibbon heart-lung machine The first heart-lung machine. Named for the American physician John H. Gibbon who built it in 1937. This…
- Cancer, kidney Malignancy of the kidney, the organ that is primarily responsible for the removal of metabolic products from…
- Congenital retraction syndrome See: Duane syndrome
- Dissect To cut apart or separate tissue as, for example, for anatomical study or in surgery. Also, an artery is said…
- NIAID (Nat'l Inst of Allergy and Infectious Dis.) Seases: One of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), the mission of the NIAID is 'to support and…
- Prograf Brand name of tacrolimus. See: Tacrolimus
- Systolic click-murmur syndrome See: Mitral valve prolapse