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Toxic shock syndrome
A grave condition occurring predominantly in menstruating women using tampons, toxic shock is characterized by a highly toxic state (with sudden high fever, vomiting, diarrhea, muscle aching) followed by low blood pressure (hypotension)…
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Show more- Cerebral aneurysm A localized widening of a vessel within the brain. See: Berry aneurysm
- Lederberg, Joshua (1925- ) American geneticist and microbiologist who received the Nobel prize in 1958 for his work in…
- Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease A disease that is virtually identical to Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD) but without a mutation in the…
- Flu, bird See: Avian influenza
- Aqueous humor In medicine, humor refers to a fluid (or semifluid) substance. Thus, the aqueous humor is the fluid normally…
- Metrorrhagia Uterine bleeding at irregular intervals, particularly between the expected menstrual periods. Metrorrhagia…
- Microtubule motor protein A protein that plays a role in spindle assembly and function or in chromosome movement during meiosis or…
- Adventitia The outermost connective tissue covering of any organ, vessel, or other structure. For example, the…
- SIDDT Sudden infant death with dysgenesis of testes. SIDDT was first identified in an Old Order Amish community in…
- Barium 1. A metallic element belonging to the alkaline earths with an atomic number of 56 and an atomic weight of…
- Rodenticidal Capable of killing rats or other rodent pests or preventing them from damaging food, crops, etc
- Contact healing Another name for the alternative medicine practice of laying on of hands. See: Laying on of hands. See also…