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Vesicant
A substance that causes tissue blistering. A blister agent. Also called a vesicatory.Vesicants are highly reactive chemicals that combine with proteins, DNA, and other cellular components to result in cellular changes immediately after…
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Show more- Disease, Fahr This syndrome described in 1930 by T. Fahr is a genetic (inherited) neurological disorder characterized by…
- Phimosis A condition whereby the foreskin of the penis is too tight. The penis itself consists of a cylindrical shaft…
- CDC The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the US agency charged with tracking and investigating public…
- Achromycin See: Tetracycline
- Dermatopathy Any disease of the skin. Synonymous with dermopathy
- Snip A single base change, a change in which a single base in the DNA differs from the usual base at that…
- Paraplegia Paralysis of the lower part of the body including the legs. As in flaccid or spastic paraplegia. The suffix…
- Cor pulmonale Heart disease that results from abnormally high resistance to the passage of blood through the lungs; it…
- Tropical diabetes Diabetes mellitus associated with chronic malnutrition and, sometimes, chronic pancreatitis. Whether tropical…
- Preconceptual counselling The interchange of information prior to pregnancy. Usually for pregnancy planning and care, but sometimes in…
- C-IBS Constipation-predominant IBS (irritable bowel syndrome)
- CD95 See: FAS gene