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Bednet
Netting which is hung over the bed to keep out mosquitos and other insects. Bednets are an important form of mosquito control and a major modality for preventing malaria. Bednets can be treated with an insecticide. The insecticide may be…
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Show more- Foramina The plural of foramen, a natural opening. As in the foramina of Luschka
- Retrodiagnosis Retrospective diagnosis. The proposal that the mysterious illness that killed Alexander the Great more than…
- Tapeworm A worm that is flattened like a tape measure and functions as an intestinal parasite, unable to live freely…
- Vibration white finger The original name for a painful and potentially disabling condition of the fingers, hans, and arms due to…
- Gaucher disease Gaucher disease: A series of 5 diseases due to deficient activity of the enzyme glucocerebrosidase, leading…
- Abortion, recurrent The occurrence of 3 or more miscarriages (which are medically termed 'spontaneous abortions') with no…
- Malacia Softening. For example, osteomalacia is softening while chondromalacia is softening of cartilage. From the…
- Frenum A restraining structure. Frenum is Latin for a bridle. A small frenum is a frenulum
- Lithobid See: Lithium
- Periphery 1. The outside or surface of a structure; the portion outside the central region. 2. The circumference of a…
- XX The sex chromosome complement of a normal human female. See also X chromosome
- Valve, Spitz-Holter See Spitz-Holter valve