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Measly tapeworm
Taenia solium
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Show more- Conservative mutation A change in a DNA or RNA sequence that leads to the replacement of one amino acid with a biochemically…
- Seizure, atonic See: Atonic seizure
- Immunization, polio One of the two polio vaccines that are available: oral polio vaccine (OPV) and inactivated polio vaccine…
- Signal transduction pathway The course by which a signal from outside a cell is converted to a functional change within the cell
- Subacute spongiform encephalopathy See: Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome
- Nonoxynol Nonoxynol-9 is the most commonly encountered spermatocide in the United States. As with other spermatocides…
- Four-finger crease See: Simian crease
- Stapes A stirrup-shaped bone in the middle ear. The stapes transmits sound vibrations from the incus, another little…
- NF See: Neurofibromatosis type 1.
- Hansen bacillus Mycobacterium leprae, the agent of leprosy (Hansen disease)
- Bullous Characterized by blistering, such as in a second-degree burn. Bullous is the adjective for bulla. A bulla is…
- Deficiency, FAO Also known as the Sjogren-Larsson syndrome, this is a genetic (inherited) disease usually characterized by a…