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Armed tapeworm
Taenia solium
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- Adverse event In pharmacology, any unexpected or dangerous reaction to a drug
- Atrial septum The wall between the two upper chambers (the right and left atrium) of the heart
- Disease, guinea worm See: Guinea worm disease
- Disc, optic The circular area in the back of the inside of the eye where the optic nerve connects to the retina. Also…
- Cholesterol, High-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol.
- Feeding tube See: Enteral nutrition
- Sawbones Slang name for a surgeon and, in particular, an orthopaedic surgeon (who may have 'sawed bones' on the…
- STOP (selective tubal occlusion procedure) A nonsurgical form of permanent birth control in which a physician inserts a 4-centimeter (1.6 inch) long…
- Bi- Prefix meaning two, as in biceps or bicuspid
- Echocardiography, stress Stress: A supplement to the routine exercise cardiac stress test. During stress echocardiography, the sound…
- Trichomonas A single-celled protozoan parasite best known in medicine because one species causes vaginitis (vaginal…