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Spongiform encephalopathy and cerebral amyloidosis
See: Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome
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- Plague Plague: The plague is an infectious disease due to a bacteria called Yersinia pestis. Y. pestis mainly…
- Live animal market See: Wet market
- Biological safety level 3 Level 3 biosafety
- Reduviid bug A winged insect. Reduviids include kissing bugs which transmit Chagas disease. See: Chagas disease
- Protean Very variable; easily changing; or continually changing. Protean is not to be confused with protein (a member…
- Globus minor The globus minor is the tail of the epididymis, a cordlike structure just behind the testis. The globus major…
- Hexosaminidase A deficiency See: Tay-Sachs disease
- Rheumatism, psychogenic Rheumatism in which the patient reports inconsistent pains of muscles and joints that do not correspond to…
- Acetyl phosphate A molecular ion which plays a role in the synthesis of the four-carbon fatty acid, butyric acid. The formula…