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Paragonimiasis
Infection with the trematode (parasitic worm) Paragonimus. More than 10 species of trematodes (flukes) of the genus Paragonimus infect humans, the most common being Paragonimus westermani, the oriental lung fluke. While P. westermani…
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- Blistering agent See: Vesicant
- Joint, patellofemoral One of the knee joints. The knee has three parts. The thigh bone (femur) meets the large shin bone (tibia)…
- ERISA Employment Retirement Income Security Act. A US law enacted in 1974 which set up the ground rules for pension…
- Cardiac ventricle One of the two lower chambers of the heart. The right ventricle is the chamber that receives blood from the…
- Endemic Present in a community at all times but in relatively low frequency. Something that is endemic is typically…
- Taste bud One of the tiny, barrel-shaped endings of the gustatory nerve located around the base of the papillae (small…
- Megalencephaly Also called macrencephaly, a condition in which there is an abnormally large, heavy, and usually…
- Complementary DNA 1. Anemia at birth. 2. Synonym for Rh incompatibility.
- Hippocrates Rally credited with turning away from divine notions of medicine and using observation of the body as a basis…