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NIAID (Nat'l Inst of Allergy and Infectious Dis.)
Seases: One of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), the mission of the NIAID is 'to support and conduct research and research training (that) strives to understand, treat, and ultimately prevent the myriad infectious, immunologic…
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- Recalls, FDA Recalls: The recall of a defective or possibly harmful product by the US Food & Drug Administration (the…
- Emerging infectious disease An infectious disease that has newly appeared in a population or that has been known for some time but is…
- Purpura, anaphylactoid See: Schonlein-Henoch purpura
- Afferent Carrying toward. A vein is an afferent vessel since it carries blood toward from the heart. An afferent nerve…
- Syndrome, Bloch-Sulzberger Also known as incontinentia pigmenti (IP). A genetic disease with blisters that develop soon after birth on…
- Melioidosis Melioidosis: An infectious illness, also called Whitmore's disease, that is most frequent in Southeast Asia…
- Jugular vein, external The more superficial of the two jugular veins in the neck that drain blood from the head, brain, face and…
- Pacemaker Pacemaker: A system that sends electrical impulses to the heart in order to set the heart rhythm. The…
- Bell, Charles (1774-1842) Renowned surgeon, anatomist and artist, who discovered Bell's palsy, paralysis of the facial…
- Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG): A surgical procedure for placing a feeding tube without having to…