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Primary amebic meningoencephalitis
A rare, but fatal infection of the central nervous system caused by Naegleria fowleri, an ameba that inhabits freshwater lakes, rivers and hot springs. The disease results when ameba-contaminated water incidentally enters the nose during…
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- Cryo-electron microscopy An electron microscopic technique that involves freezing the biological sample in order to view the sample…
- Anorexia, cancer See: Cancer anorexia
- Nonstructural scoliosis A structurally normal spine that appears to have a lateral curve (scoliosis). Nonstructural scoliosis…
- NIDCD Stands for National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, one of the US National…
- Penis, inflammation of the head of the Inflammation of the rounded head (the glans) of the penis is called balanitis. In the uncircumcised male…
- Congenital anemia with spinocerebellar ataxia See: Pagon syndrome
- Genome, mitochondrial All of the genetic information contained in the chromosome of the mitochondrion, a structure located in the…
- Medical entomology The branch of science that deals with insects that cause disease or that serve as vectors of organisms that…
- Sick building syndrome Sick building syndrome: A condition caused by exposure to various noxious agents that affect persons employed…
- Transsexualism A consistently strong desire to change one's anatomical gender. Some transsexuals were misassigned gender at…
- Laser, excimer See: Excimer laser