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Salk vaccine
Vaccine against poliomyelitis named for Dr. Jonas Salk who developed and introduced it in 1955. It was the first type of polio vaccine to become available. It was made by cultivating three strains of the virus separately in monkey tissue…
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Show more- Oliguria Less urination than normal.
- New variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease Abbreviated nvCJD. A human disease thought due to the same infectious agent as bovine spongiform…
- Hereditary angioedema A genetic form of angioedema. (Angioedema is also referred to as Quinke's disease.) Persons with it are born…
- Bisphosphonate A class of drugs used to strengthen bone. Bone is in a constant state of remodeling, whereby new bone is laid…
- Femoral Having to do with the femur or, less often, the thigh. As in the femoral head (the head of the femur), the…
- Anorgasmy Or anorgasmia. Failure of a male or female to achieve an orgasm (climax) during sexual intercourse…
- Bone, ethmoid See: Ethmoid bone
- Body fat scales See: Bioelectric impedance analysis
- Leiomyosarcoma A malignant tumor of smooth muscle origin. Smooth muscle is the major structural component of most hollow…
- Ice cream headache A headache that occurs when one puts ice, a cold food or chilled beverage in the mouth. Ice cream is by far…
- Quackery Deliberate misrepresentation of the ability of a substance or device for the prevention or treatment of…
- Myotonic dystrophy type 2 An inherited disorder of the muscles and other body systems characterized by progressive muscle weakness…