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Resistance
Opposition to something, or the ability to withstand it. For example, some forms of staphylococcus are resistant to treatment with antibiotics
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- Genetic Having to do with genes and genetic information.
- Urological surgeon A physician who specializes in diseases of the urinary organs in females and the urinary tract and sex organs…
- Hemi- Prefix meaning one half, as in hemiparesis, hemiplegia, and hemithorax. From the Greek hemisus meaning half…
- Captioning The text display of spoken words, presented on a movie screen or a television (or another type of monitor)…
- Great pox Syphilis. An old name to distinguish it from the smallpox
- Capsid The protein coat of a virus. The term capsid came in 1960 from the French capside, from the Latin capsa…
- Shigellosis Epidemic and opportunistic bacillary dysentery due to infection with the Shigella bacteria. Shigellosis…
- Hemoglobin A1C The main fraction of glycosylated hemoglobin (glycohemoglobin) which is hemoglobin to which glucose is bound…
- Cramps, heat Painful muscle spasms in the abdomen, arms, or legs following strenuous activity. The skin is usually moist…
- Xanthoma, planar A type of xanthoma characterized by flat yellow-to-orange patches or pimples that cluster together on the skin