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- Cilia The fine hairlike projections from certain cells such as those in the respiratory tract that sweep in unison…
- Category five hurricane A hurricane with winds greater than 155 mph (135 kt or 249 km/hr). Storm surge generally greater than 18 ft…
- Whitehead A familiar term for what is medically called a closed comedo. A comedo, the primary sign of acne, consists of…
- Zoonosis An infectious disease in animals that can be transmitted to people. The natural reservoir for the infectious…
- Eschar The scab formed when a wound or skin is sealed by the heat of cautery or burning. Also the dark crusted ulcer…
- Y. pestis Yersinia pestis, the bacteria that causes the bubonic plague which in the year 541 (as the Black Death) and…
- Scan, CT Pictures of structures within the body created by a computer that takes the data from multiple X-ray images…