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Disease, Norwalk
Disease due to Norwalk virus, not one but a family of small round viruses that are an important cause of viral gastroenteritis (viral inflammation of the stomach and intestines). Norwalk disease is a significant contributor to illness in…
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Show more- Menstruation, retrograde The flow of menstrual blood from the uterus into the fallopian tubes, and potentially into the abdomen. This…
- Cryo-EM Cryo-electron microscopy
- Major A major may be an officer in the military but, in a larger sense, it can be anything that is more than…
- Intensive care See critical care
- Epistaxis, treatment of To stop epistaxis (a nosebleed), you should: 1. Pinch all the soft parts of the nose together between your…
- Rat, rice See: Rice rat
- Presentation, footling There are single-footling or double-footling presentations depending upon whether the presenting part of the…
- Kubler-Ross See: Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth
- Myelofibrosis Fibrosis (spontaneous scarring) of the bone marrow. This can be associated with a variety of diseases…
- Labrocyte A mast cell
- Penetrant trait A genetic trait (characteristic) that is present in the genome and manifests itself in the individual. By…
- Pimply Having pimples. Papuliferous and papilliferous are fancy words for what is simply pimply