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Bednet
Netting which is hung over the bed to keep out mosquitos and other insects. Bednets are an important form of mosquito control and a major modality for preventing malaria. Bednets can be treated with an insecticide. The insecticide may be…
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Show more- Viscera The internal organs of the body, specifically those within the chest (as the heart or lungs) or abdomen (as…
- X-ray, PA An X-ray picture in which the beams pass from back-to-front (posteroanterior). By contrast an AP…
- National Eye Institute (NEI) One of the US National Institutes of Health, NEI's mission is to 'conduct and support research, training…
- Lipid Another word for 'fat.' (Please see the various meanings of Fat.) A lipid is more formally defined as a…
- Trichinosis Trichinosis: See: Trichinellosis.
- Male condom The male condom is a sheath placed over the erect penis before penetration, preventing pregnancy by blocking…
- Garlic A perennial herb of the lily family cultivated for its pungent, edible bulbs. Garlic has been used with the…
- Surveillance and containment See: Ring vaccination
- Syndrome, locked-in A neurological disorder characterized by complete paralysis of voluntary muscles in all parts of the body…
- OGG1 A DNA repair enzyme with antimutator activity. OGG1 is one of a number of enzymes that repair damage done to…
- Ollier disease A condition characterized by multiple enchondromas -- benign masses of cartilage growing within bones. An…
- FMRI Functional magnetic resonance imaging