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Poliomyelitis
An acute and sometimes devastating viral disease. Man is the only natural host for poliovirus. The virus enters the mouth and multiplies in lymphoid tissues in the pharynx and intestine. Small numbers of virus enter the blood and go to…
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- Youth The time between childhood and maturity. (Unfortunately, as the songwriter Sammy Cahn noted, 'youth is wasted…
- Vulvar Pertaining to the vulva, the female external genitalia including the labia majora, labia minora, clitoris…
- Disease, Gaucher type 1 See Gaucher disease, type 1
- Xeroderma Abnormally dry skin. Xeroderma can be caused by a deficiency of vitamin A, systemic illness, overexposure to…
- Peripheral insulin resistance Failure of target tissues to increase glucose disposal in response to insulin. See also: Insulin resistance
- IHS Interleukin-1.
- Fetal vaccinia See Congenital vaccinia
- Trait In genetics, a trait refers to any genetically determined characteristic. In technical terms, a genetic trait…
- Sociopath A term once used for someone with what is now called antisocial personality disorder
- Danders See: Dander
- Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome A form of mucopolysaccharidosis with the clinical onset before age 3 that is characterized by an inability to…