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Vaccination
Injection of a killed microbe in order to stimulate the immune system against the microbe, thereby preventing disease. Vaccinations, or immunizations, work by stimulating the immune system, the natural disease-fighting system of the body…
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Show more- Arteriosclerosis Hardening and thickening of the walls of the arteries. Arteriosclerosis can occur because of fatty deposits…
- Plumbism Another name for lead poisoning.
- Scleredema adultorum A misleading term since scleredema can also occur in children. See: Scleredema
- Krukenberg tumor A tumor of the ovary caused by the spread of stomach cancer. When the stomach cancer spreads to an ovary, the…
- Rabies Rabies: A potentially fatal viral infection that attacks the central nervous system. The rabies virus is…
- Teratogen, coumadin as The anticoagulant ('blood- thinner') coumadin is a known teratogen, an agent that can disturb the development…
- Anomaly, congenital Anomaly, congenital: A birth defect. A malformation that occurs before birth and is present at birth
- Lazy eye An eye that diverges in gaze. A lazy eye is formally called strabismus. A lazy eye (strabismus) can be due to…
- Hox gene One of a subgroup of homeobox genes that are found in clusters on the genes of vertebrates. These are…
- Computerized tomography Pictures of structures within the body created by a computer that takes the data from multiple X-ray images…
- CT Abbreviation for: 1. Cognitive therapy; and, more often today 2. Computerized tomography, as in CT scan. CT…
- Protein requirements, infant Proteins contain different amino acids that are linked together. Proteins provide both calories and the amino…