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Wet market
A live animal market, a common sight in many areas of the world and a source of influenza viruses and other infectious disease agents for human beings. SARS outbreaks have been traced to wet markets in southern China. Wet markets sell live…
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Show more- Silver poisoning Silver poisoning, medically termed argyria, causes ashen gray discoloration of the skin (and other tissues of…
- Retrograde amnesia Amnesia in which the lack of memory relates to events that occurred before a traumatic event. Retrograde…
- Baby teeth See: Primary teeth
- Autosome A chromosome that is not a sex chromosome. In other words, any one of the chromosomes save the sex…
- Drinox Trade name of the insecticide aldrin. See: Aldrin and dieldrin
- Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia Kidney cancer due to a gene than can be transmitted from parent to child. The vast majority of kidney cancer…
- Clay-shoveler's fracture An uncommon breakage of the spine of the vertebrae from the lower neck or upper back as a result of stress…
- Co-payment A payment made by an individual who has health insurance, usually at the time a service is received, to…
- Essential fatty acid An unsaturated fatty acid that is essential to human health, but cannot be manufactured in the body. There…
- Cream A word with many meanings that, in medicine and pharmacy, refers to a water-soluble preparation applied to…
- Gland, tarsal See: Meibomian gland
- Arch, zygomatic The bone that forms the prominence of the cheek. The zygomatic bone is also known as the zygoma, the…