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Fever, desert
A disease also called coccidioidomycosis (CM) due to a fungus called Coccidioides immitis. About 40% of people infected with this fungus develop symptoms. Most often they have an influenza-like illness with fever, cough, headaches, rash…
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- Ubiquitous Present everywhere. The small protein called ubiquitin was so-named because it is present in all types of…
- Roth's spot A hemorrhage in the retina with a white center. Originally associated with bacterial endocarditis, Roth's…
- Laryngeal palsy Paralysis of the recurrent laryngeal nerve, a branch of the vagus nerve (a long and important nerve that…
- Gland, tarsal See: Meibomian gland
- Nasogastric tube A tube that is passed through the nose and down through the nasopharynx and esophagus into the stomach…
- Tonotopy The spatial arrangement of where sound is perceived, transmitted, or received. There is tonotopy in the…
- Womb The womb (uterus) is a hollow, pear-shaped organ located in a woman's lower abdomen between the bladder and…
- Swan-Ganz catheter See: Catheter, Swan-Ganz
- Manic Refers to a mood disorder in which a person seems 'high', euphoric, expansive, sometimes agitated…
- Weasand 1. The windpipe (trachea). 2. More loosely, the throat. 'Cut his weasand with thy knife.' The Tempest…
- Frankenfood Perjorative term for genetically modified food whether it be derived from genetically engineered plants or…