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Ring vaccination
The vaccination of all susceptible individuals in a prescribed area around an outbreak of an infectious disease. Ring vaccination controls an outbreak by vaccinating and monitoring a ring of people around each infected individual. The idea…
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- Regenerate To reproduce or renew something lost. For example, after an injury, the liver has the capacity to regenerate
- RNA, ribosomal A molecular component of a ribosome, the cell's essential protein factory. Ribosomal RNA (rRNA) fabricates…
- Endothelial Relating to the endothelium, the layer of flat cells lining the closed spaces of the body such as the inside…
- LDL cholesterol Lipoproteins which are combinations of lipids (fats) and proteins are the form in which lipids are…
- Circulatory system The system that moves blood throughout the body. The circulatory system is composed of the heart, arteries…
- Lithium Lithium: Lithium carbonate (brand names: Eskalith; Lithobid), a drug used as a mood stabilizer for the…
- Respiratory failure Inability of the lungs to perform their basic task of gas exchange, the transfer of oxygen from inhaled air…
- Nervous system, autonomic Part of the nervous system that was once thought to be functionally independent of the brain. The autonomic…
- Renal Having to do with the kidney. From the Latin renes (the kidneys), which gave the French les reins which mean…
- Connectionism >An input device receiving signals from the environment or from other neurons, >An integrative device…
- Scleritis Inflammation of the sclera, the tough white outer coat of the eyeball. Classic scleritis affects the sclera…