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Antivenin
Antibodies created in the blood of a horse or sheep when the animal is injected with snake venom. Antivenin acts by neutralizing snake venom that has entered the body. Also called antivenom, snake antivenin, or snake antivenom. Other…
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- Brown, Louise The world's first test-tube baby, conceived by in vitro fertilization and born on July 25, 1978
- Brill-Zinsser disease Recrudescence of epidemic typhus years after the initial attack. The agent that causes epidemic typhus…
- Vagina, septate A vagina that is divided, usually longitudinally, to create a double vagina. This situation can be easily…
- Lacrimation One of the main types of encephalitis caused by an arbovirus in the US. An arbovirus is a virus that is…
- Macroscopic Large enough to be seen with the naked eye, as opposed to microscopic. For example, a macroscopic tumor is…
- Forceps, obstetrical An instrument designed as an aid in the vaginal delivery of a baby. Forceps may be used to ease delivery or…
- Syndrome, abdominal muscle deficiency See: Abdominal muscle deficiency syndrome
- Seizure, grand mal See: Grand mal
- Ramsay Hunt, James Pre-eminent 20th-century American neurologist (1872-1937) who described a number of important diseases…
- Myelitis Inflammation of the spinal cord.
- NMR Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. An imaging technique that does not use radiation.