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Chilblain
A cold injury which, while painful, causes little or no permanent impairment. It appears as red, swollen skin which is tender, hot to the touch, and may itch. This can worsen to an aching, prickly ('pins and needles') sensation, and then…
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Show more- Ad lib Abbreviation for the Latin 'ad libitum' meaning 'at pleasure' and 'at one's pleasure, as much as one desires…
- Cycle, cell The sequence of events within the cell between mitotic (cell) divisions. The cell cycle is conventionally…
- Designer steroid A synthetic steroid derived by simple chemical modification from another steroid, usually an anabolic…
- A. baumannii Acinetobacter baumannii. See: Acinetobacter
- Anhidrotic Pertain to anhidrosis, too little sweating. Hidrosis meaning sweating, so an-, too little + hidrosis = too…
- Human reproductive cloning HTLV. A retrovirus that causes adult T-cell leukemia. HTLV is endemic (constantly present) in southern Japan…
- EFEMP1 A gene that encodes a protein with the long, complex name of EGF-containing fibulin-like extracellular matrix…
- Tapeworm infection, pork Known medically as cysticercosis, an infection caused by Taenia solium (the pork tapeworm). Infection occurs…
- Ozone A form of oxygen that consists of three atoms of oxygen, in contrast to normal atmospheric oxygen which…
- Lederberg, Joshua (1925- ) American geneticist and microbiologist who received the Nobel prize in 1958 for his work in…
- Myasthenia gravis Prefix that denotes a relationship to fungus. From the Greek mykes, meaning fungus.
- Ossicle Any small bone, such as the tiny bones within the human ear