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Toxin
One of a number of poisons produced by certain plants, animals, and bacteria. The term 'toxin' is frequently used to refer specifically to a particular protein produced by some higher plants, animals and pathogenic (disease-causing)…
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- Ankle sprain A common musculoskeletal injury in which the ligaments of the ankle partially or completely tear due to…
- ASA (drug caution code) Abbreviation on a medication that indicates it contains acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin). This special caution…
- Norovirus A group of viruses that are a common cause of food poisoning and acute gastroenteritis ('stomach flu') that…
- Debride To remove dead, contaminated or adherent tissue or foreign material. The purpose of wound debridement is to…
- Cell, fat A cell containing fat. Also called an adipocyte. A fat cell, or adipocyte, is a connective tissue cell that…
- Nephroblastomatosis The presence of multiple embryonic rests of tissue within the kidney. These nephrogenic rests usually are…
- Jennerian method The production of immunity to a disease by inoculation of an attenuated form of the virus causing the…
- Bronchoscopy L ODYvAlign=top bgColor=#cccccc colSpan=2> vAlign=top width='100%' bgColor=#ffffff>Our Bronchoscopy Main…
- Typhoid fever Typhoid fever: An acute illness with fever caused by infection with the Salmonella typhi bacteria contracted…
- Heights, fear of An irrational unreasonable fear of heights is called acrophobia. From the Greek 'acron', height + 'phobos'…
- Hyperuricemia Abnormally elevated blood level of uric acid. Uric acid is a breakdown product of purines that are part of…