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Schistosomiasis
Diseases of liver, gastrointestinal tract and bladder caused by schistosomes, trematode worms that parasitize people. Infection is from infested water. There are three main species of these trematode worms (flukes) --Schistosoma…
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Show more- Phonosurgery Surgical procedures that maintain, restore, or enhance the human voice. Phonosurgery includes…
- Tuberculin A protein extracted from Mycobacterium tuberculosis that is used in a skin test to determine if a person has…
- OCPD Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
- Pulmonary acinus The ending of a tiny airway in the lung, where the alveoli (air sacs) are located. In anatomy, an acinus is a…
- Dysplasia, thanatophoric A form of short-limbed (micromelic) dwarfism that usually causes death within the first few hours after…
- Dandruff A mild skin condition that produces white flakes that may be shed and fall from the hair. Dandruff is due to…
- Vampire children Perjorative term for children with xeroderma pigmentosum, a genetic disease with such extraordinary…
- Anorexic 1. Pertaining to anorexia, lack of appetite.2. A drug or other agent that causes anorexia and so diminishes…
- Menetrier's disease See: Giant hypertrophic gastritis
- Contraceptive, pill Commonly called 'the pill,' combined oral contraceptives are the most commonly used form of reversible birth…
- Kinetics Kinetics (with an 's' at the end) refers to the rate of change in a biochemical (or other) reaction, the…
- Heart conduction system The electrical conduction system that controls the heart rate. This system generates electrical impulses and…