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Colitis, amebic
Amebic dysentery (inflammation of the intestine) with ulcers in the colon due to infection with an ameba (Entamoeba histolytica), a single-celled parasite transmitted to humans via contaminated water and food. 'Ameba' is from the Greek…
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- Selenium An essential trace mineral that functions largely in the form of proteins, called selenoproteins, which act…
- C. botulinum Clostridium botulinum
- Hughes Investigator See: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- Poisoning, ethylene glycol Poisoning from ethylene glycol (a clear, colorless, odorless liquid with a sweet taste) that can produce…
- Syndrome A set of signs and symptoms that tend to occur together and which reflect the presence of a particular…
- Syndrome, floppy baby A general medical reference to an abnormal condition of newborns and infants manifested by inadequate tone of…
- RVF 1. Rift Valley fever, the disease and the virus that causes it.2. Right ventricular failure, failure of the…
- Pancreatic islet cell carcinoma See: Islet cell cancer
- Evolutionarily conserved gene A gene that has remained essentially unchanged throughout evolution. Conservation of a gene indicates that it…
- Buruli ulcer A disorder caused by infection with a member of the family of bacteria that causes tuberculosis and leprosy…
- ABCD rating A staging system for prostate cancer. See the Jewett staging system