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Asymptomatic infection
An infection without symptoms. Also known as inapparent or subclinical infection
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- Varix An enlarged and convoluted vein, artery or lymphatic vessel.
- Vessel, afferent A vessel that carries blood toward the heart. A vein or venule
- Intracorporeal Within the body or any structure anatomically called the corpus. For example, when men with erectile…
- Abstemious Marked by restraint, especially in the consumption of food or alcohol. From the Latin prefix 'abs-,' meaning…
- Polyneuritis, acute idiopathic Also known as the Guillain-Barre syndrome, a disorder characterized by progressive symmetrical paralysis and…
- Syndrome, Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker This condition is a primary problem of platelets in which the platelets lack the ability to stick adequately…
- OCPD Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
- Hemolytic anemia Anemia due to the destruction (rather than underproduction) of red blood cells.
- Haemophilus influenzae type B This kind of immunization is designed to prevent diseases caused by Haemophilus influenzae type B (HIB), a…
- Reporting, named In public health, named reporting is the reporting of infected persons by name to public health departments…
- Base sequence The order of the nucleotide bases -- adenine (A), thymine (T), guanine (G), and cytosine (C) -- in a DNA…