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Rickettsialpox
A mild infectious disease first observed in New York City caused by Rickettsia akari, transmitted from its mouse host by chigger or adult mite bites. There is fever, a dark spot that becomes a small ulcer at the site of the bite, swollen…
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- Oculocraniosomatic syndrome See: Kearns-Sayre syndrome
- Vesical Refers to the urinary bladder. The word comes from the Latin vesica meaning a bag or bladder
- Camelpox A severe disease of camels in northern Africa and southwestern Asia caused by the camelpox virus. This virus…
- Vaginal discharge Vaginal discharge is a fluid produced by glands in the vaginal wall and cervix that drains from the opening…
- Myostatin A growth factor that regulates the size of muscles beginning in early embryonic development and continuing…
- Bayes theorem A probability principle set forth by the English mathematician Thomas Bayes (1702-1761). Bayes' theorem is of…
- RNA interference Abbreviated RNAi. The introduction of double-stranded RNA into a cell to inhibit the expression of a gene…
- PARK9 Familial Parkinson disease type 9
- Dose, absorbed In radiology, the absorbed dose is the amount of energy that is deposited in any material by ionizing…
- Goose bump A temporary local change in the skin when it becomes rougher due to erection of little muscles, as from cold…
- Oswald Theodore Avery See: Avery, Oswald Theodore