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Taenia solium
The pork tapeworm. Contracted from eating undercooked or measly pork (pork infected with the larval forms of the tapeworm). Taenia solium causes two different diseases -- taeniasis and cysticercosis. Taeniasis develops when the adult…
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- FLT-3 inhibitor A gene-targeted therapy for a common subtype of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) known as FLT-positive AML in…
- Cardiopulmonary Having to do with both the heart and lungs
- Gross hematuria Hematuria means blood in the urine and gross hematuria refers to hematuria that is so plentiful that it is…
- Dirofilaria immitis The dog heartworm
- Psychoneuroimmunology The study of the connections between the mind and the neural, immune and endocrine (hormonal) systems. The…
- Human genome All of the DNA that a person possesses. The human genome is made up of all of the DNA in our chromosomes as…
- Catheter A thin, flexible tube. For example, a catheter placed in a vein provides a pathway for giving drugs…
- Appendix epididymis A small cystic projection from the surface of the epididymis which represents a remnant the embryologic…
- Laparoscopy Laparoscopy: A type of minimally invasive surgery in which a small incision (cut) is made in the abdominal…