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Eastern equine encephalitis
Abbreviated EEE. A mosquito-born viral disease. The EEE virus normally is found in freshwater swamp birds and mosquitoes that do not bite people. However, the virus is occasionally transmitted to other types of mosquitoes capable of biting…
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Show more- Collateral knee ligament, medial The knee joint is surrounded by a joint capsule with ligaments strapping the inside and outside of the joint…
- Mold A very large group of microscopic fungi that live on plant or animal matter. Most are filamentous organisms…
- Pelvis The lower part of the abdomen located between the hip bones
- Laryngeal papillomatosis Laryngeal papillomatosis is the growth of numerous warty growths on the vocal cords. The disease is most…
- Diving injury An injury incurred from diving into water that is too shallow or has hidden hazards. These injuries may be to…
- Abortion, spontaneous A miscarriage, that is, any pregnancy that is not viable (the fetus cannot survive) or in which the fetus is…
- Novercal Stepmotherly; pertaining to a stepmother. From the Latin novercalis, from noverca meaning stepmother
- IUGR 1. Originally, intrauterine growth retardation.2. More recently, intrauterine growth restriction.
- Antrum A general term for cavity or chamber which may have specific meaning in reference certain organs or sites in…
- Traumatology The branch of surgery that deals with trauma patients and their injuries. Patients who have suffered…
- Malariology The study of malaria. Someone who is versed in malariology is a malariologist
- Exercise treadmill test A test (sometimes simply called a treadmill test or exercise test) in which a continuous electrocardiogram…