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Nipah virus
A virus that infects pigs and people in whom it causes a sometimes fatal form of viral encephalitis (brain inflammation). Nipah is the name of the first village the virus struck near Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. The Nipah virus is similar to…
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Show more- Ejaculate To ejaculate is to release semen during an orgasm in a male. The ejaculate (used as a noun) is the semen.
- Smallpox vaccination of eye See Vaccinia keratitis
- Spleen An organ located in the upper left part of the abdomen near the stomach. The spleen produces lymphocytes; it…
- Flavivirus encephalitis Encephalitis (inflammation of the brain) due to a flavivirus, a virus transmitted by a mosquito or tick…
- Heebie-jeebies Extreme nervousness. A term coined by the America cartoonist Billy DeBeck (1890-1942) in his comic strip…
- Tenesmus Straining, especially long-continued, ineffectual and painful straining, at stool or in urination. Straining…
- Cosmeceutical A cosmetic product claimed to have medicinal or drug-like benefits. Cosmeceutical products are marketed as…
- Globus pallidus A pale-appearing spherical area in the brain. The globus pallidus is part of what is called the lentiform…
- Protocol, Bruce See: Bruce protocol
- Folate Folic acid, one of the B vitamins that is a key factor in the synthesis (the making) of nucleic acid (DNA and…
- Neuroendocrinology Having to do with the interactions between the nervous system and the endocrine system. In the human body…
- St. Joseph Moscati See: Moscati, St. Joseph