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Biosafety level
A specific combination of work practices, safety equipment, and facilities which are designed to minimize the exposure of workers and the environment to infectious agents. The biosafety levels are: > >Level 1 -- This level applies to…
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Show more- Stickler-Wagner syndrome See: Stickler syndrome
- Normoxia Normal levels of oxygen. From norm- (normal) + -ox- (oxygen) + -ia = a normal oxygen state.
- Sickle hemoglobin Hemoglobin S, the most common type of abnormal hemoglobin and the basis of both sickle cell trait and sickle…
- Cor The Latin word for the heart. For example, cor pulmonale is heart disease that results from abnormally high…
- DNA replication A wondrous complex process whereby the ('parent') strands of DNA in the double helix are separated and each…
- Resistance, aspirin See: Aspirin resistance
- Pediatric renal infection See: Urinary tract infection in children
- Binge eating disorder Binge eating disorder: An eating disorder characterized by periods of extreme over-eating, but not followed…
- Osteopenia Mild thinning of the bone mass, but not as severe as osteoporosis. Osteopenia results when the formation of…
- Nervous colon syndrome A common gastrointestinal disorder involving an abnormal condition of gut contractions (motility)…
- Extracorporeal (ECMO) A life support system that circulates the blood through an oxygenating system. ECMO is like a…
- Buruli ulcer A disorder caused by infection with a member of the family of bacteria that causes tuberculosis and leprosy…