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Pathogen
An agent of disease. A disease producer. The term pathogen most commonly is used to refer to infectious organisms. These include bacteria (such as staph), viruses (such as HIV), and fungi (such as yeast). Less commonly, pathogen refers to…
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Show more- Detoxify To reduce or eliminate the toxicity of a substance or poison. To promote the recovery of a person from an…
- Reverse transcriptase The enzyme that permits the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other retroviruses to use their viral RNA…
- Flatfeet A condition of the feet in which the arch of the instep is flattened and the entire sole touches the ground…
- Cockroach allergy Allergy: A condition that manifests as an allergic reaction when one is exposed to tiny particles from…
- Menstrual migraine A migraine headache that affects a woman each month between the 2nd day before the start of the menstrual…
- Langer-Saldino type achondrogenesis See: Achondrogenesis type II
- Congenital anomaly Something that is unusual or different at birth. A minor anomaly is defined as an unusual anatomic feature…
- Genome, cow See: Bovine genome
- Chancre The classic painless ulcer of syphilis. The chancre forms in the first (primary) stage of syphilis. It is…
- Cruciate Cross-shaped. 'Cruciate' comes from the Latin 'crux' which means 'cross'. (That is the crux of this matter)…
- Tinea cruris A superficial fungus infection of the crotch and perineum known popularly as jock itch. Good general hygiene…
- Test, sweat See: Sweat test