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Parvovirus infection
Infection with one of a family of small single-stranded DNA viruses. (Parvovirus means small virus, from the Latin parvus, small.) One type, parvovirus B19, infects only humans. There are also animal parvoviruses, but they do not infect…
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Show more- Zidovudine Zidovudine: See: AZT.
- Epizootic An epidemic outbreak of disease in an animal population, often with the implication that it may extend to…
- Medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency See: MCAD deficiency
- Placebo-controlled A term used to describe a method of research in which an inactive substance (a placebo) is given to one group…
- Mesenteric vein One of the large veins which return blood from the intestines. The inferior (lower) mesenteric vein empties…
- ATG Antithymocyte globulin
- Alkaloid A member of a large group of chemicals that are made by plants and have nitrogen in them. Many alkaloids…
- Traditional midwife A direct-entry midwife practicing within the confines of traditional folk medicine. Traditional midwives are…
- Tumor, islet cell See: Islet cell cancer
- Chemobrain Cognitive dysfunction associated with chemotherapy. It is thought that chemotherapy may cause memory loss…
- Plantar Having to do with the sole of the foot. The plantar response (also known as the Babinski reflex) is elicited…
- Mucus, nasal See: Nasal mucus