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Vaccine, Salk
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- MGy Abbreviation for milligray
- First degree burn See: Burn, first degree
- Rib, false One of the last 5 pairs of ribs. A rib is said to be 'false' if it does not attach to the sternum (the breast…
- Virus, Coxsackie See: Coxsackievirus
- Necrosis The death of living cells or tissues. Necrosis can be due, for example, to ischemia (lack of blood flow)…
- Footling presentation There are single-footling or double-footling presentations depending upon whether the presenting part of the…
- AC Abbreviation for a.c. (ante cibum on a prescription); acromioclavicular (shoulder joint); antecubital (crook…
- Onychogryposis Abnormally thick curved fingernails or toenails. From the Greek onyx, nail + gryposis, curvature
- Renal Having to do with the kidney. From the Latin renes (the kidneys), which gave the French les reins which mean…
- Aberration (1) A deviation or irregularity. For example, a chromosome aberration is a deviation from the normal…
- RVF 1. Rift Valley fever, the disease and the virus that causes it.2. Right ventricular failure, failure of the…
- Blighted ovum A fertilized ovum (egg) that did not develop or whose development ceased at an early stage, before 6 or 7…