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Immunization, polio
One of the two polio vaccines that are available: oral polio vaccine (OPV) and inactivated polio vaccine (IPV). OPV was formerly recommended for children in the U.S. but was shown to actually cause polio in extremely rare cases and is no…
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Show more- Nat'l Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID): One of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), the mission of the NIAID is 'to support and…
- Lunula 1. The crescent-shaped area at the base of a fingernail or toenail. 2. Any small crescent- or moon-shaped…
- Beriberi, infantile See: Infantile beriberi
- Family physician A physician who is educated and trained in family practice. 'Family physicians possess unique attitudes…
- Disease, rheumatic heart Heart damage caused by rheumatic fever. Treatment is by preventing reinfection with strep and by treating…
- Cardiac muscle A type of muscle with unique features only found in the heart. The cardiac muscle is the muscle of the heart…
- Quadriceps stretch An exercise to stretch the quadriceps muscle, the large muscle in the front of the thigh. To do this…
- Bayes' theorem See: Bayes theorem
- Xenograft A surgical graft of tissue from one species to an unlike species (or genus or family). A graft from a baboon…
- Upper leg The upper leg is the superior (top) segment of the leg: the part above the knee. As compared to the lower leg…
- Lumbar Referring to the 5 lumbar vertebrae which are situated below the thoracic vertebrae and above the sacral…
- Southern blot A test commonly used in molecular biology and genetics, the purpose of the test being to check for a match…