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Menangle virus
A virus that causes a disease first found in a piggery near Sydney, Australia in 1997. The virus was highly contagious, moving between pigs in different pens and sheds. It caused numerous deformed and stillborn piglets with abnormalities…
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Show more- Cell The basic structural and functional unit in people and all living things. Each cell is a small container of…
- Leg, ankle and foot bones There are 62 lower extremity bones. They consist of 10 hip and leg, 14 ankle and 38 foot bones. > >The 10 hip…
- IM (intramuscular) An IM medication is given by needle into the muscle. This is as opposed to a medication that is given by a…
- Cardiac Having to do with the heart
- Cripple 1. A person who is lame or disabled. 2. To maim or disable a person. The word 'cripple' is a medically…
- Hibernation reaction See: SAD
- Syndrome, Cushing The constellation of symptoms and signs caused by an excess of cortisol hormone. Cushing syndrome is an…
- Reverse transcriptase The enzyme that permits the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other retroviruses to use their viral RNA…
- Endoscopy Endoscopy: Endoscopy is a broad term used to described examining the inside of the body using an lighted…
- Study, synchronic See: Study, cross-sectional.
- Phenolphthalein A compound used as a laboratory reagent and acid-base indicator and also used in over-the-counter (OTC)…
- Radiation therapy, targeted A procedure that uses computers to create a 3-dimensional picture of the tumor in order to target the tumor…