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Kissing disease
A name for infectious mononucleosis ('mono'), a very common illness caused by the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). By the time most people reach adulthood, an antibody against EBV can be detected in their blood meaning they have been infected…
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Show more- Embolus Something that travels through the bloodstream, lodges in a blood vessel and blocks it. Examples of emboli…
- ShRNA Short hairpin RNA. A short sequence of RNA which makes a tight hairpin turn and can be used to silence gene…
- Pedophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of babies and children. Sufferers experience anxiety even though they realize…
- Autogenous Self-produced
- N-Hexane >Teach children and teenagers the dangers of inhaling products that contain n-hexane. >Keep products…
- Artificial heart A manmade heart. An artificial heart was temporarily implanted in 1969 by Denton Cooley in Houston, Texas…
- Human papilloma virus See: Human papillomavirus
- SRAS Syndrome respiratoire aigu severe (in French). In English, severe acute respiratory syndrome or SARS
- Cell, totipotent A cell with the capacity to form an entire organism. Human development begins when a sperm fertilizes an egg…
- Tyrosinemia type I A metabolic genetic disease characterized by abnormally high levels of amino acid tyrosine in blood…
- Menopause Menopause: The time in a woman's life when menstrual periods permanently stop; it is also called the 'change…
- MCAF Monocyte chemotactic and activating factor. See: MPC1